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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
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Subject: Re: Modem DTR, SHELL progress (really FileNote)
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Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 17:11:20 EDT
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>> 	For another example, the RAM: device does not support comment fields
>> for files (not that I use them anyway).  Frankly, and since it is not 
>> completely supported on all disk devices, I think C-A should replace the
>> storage taken up by the comment field with something more useful.
>> 
>> 
>> 						-Matt
>
>From: acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall)
>Whoa up there!  I use them...a LOT!  In my opinion this is one of the best
>features of the file system.  Any other OS allow this?

	Yah, but the RAM drive doesn't support it.... you use RAM for
temporary storage during a COPY and POW! your comments are lost.  Though
its value for storing non-essential stuff (personal comments) is great,
I can't see ever putting anything *important* in the field.  It would 
cause all sorts of problems the least of which being that it would be
difficult to download binaries via <insert every known modem protocol here>.

					-Matt