Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!nsc!amdahl!drivax!alexande From: alexande@drivax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: Hard disk limitations Message-ID: <466@drivax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Apr-86 14:15:25 EDT Article-I.D.: drivax.466 Posted: Mon Apr 28 14:15:25 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 1-May-86 04:13:58 EDT References: <755@minster.UUCP> <209@atari.UUcp> Reply-To: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark G. Alexander) Organization: Digital Research, Monterey, CA Lines: 28 In article <209@atari.UUcp> dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer) writes: >In article <755@minster.UUCP>, nigel@minster.UUCP (nigel) writes: > >> First year students who've just learnt about operating systems might >> also be wondering what's so difficult. > >Tee hee. Talk to DRI.... :-) > Tee hee. Talk to Jason ("Born To Code") Loveman, the original author of GEMDOS (TOS). The "number of subdirectories" limitation is the result of one of his brilliant ideas on how to make a "better" OS. Jason no longer works at DRI; he started his own company, Awesome [sic] Technology, just before the ax was about to fall on him here. >You're welcome. (You think we /like/ this kind of problem?) You're welcome. (You think WE like this kind of problem too?) -- #include "disclaimer.h" #include "quote.h" -- Mark Alexander {ihnp4,mot,ucscc,ucbvax!hplabs!amdahl} !drivax!alexande -- -- #include "disclaimer.h" #include "quote.h" -- Mark Alexander {ihnp4,mot,ucscc,ucbvax!hplabs!amdahl} !drivax!alexande