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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: 40 folder problem
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Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 11:00:51 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 17 11:00:51 1987
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I think ATARI is totally wrong with their attitude towards the 40
folder problem. It will hurt sales and it does render the harddisk
useless in a lot of cases. It hasn't be bad for ST sales here yet
because it has been hushed up in Europe, particularly in the german
speaking part, in the 5-6 german computer mags I read, I saw 1 (>ONE<)
reference to the 40 folder problem over the past year and even that
one said that they didn't notice any problem. I unpacked a SH204
last week and there is still no warning in the german handbook or
anywhere in the packing. I've run in to a number of people which
have ruined their harddisk and didn't have the slightest idea what
had happened.
  Most people which know that the problem exists (including myself)
have been holding quite, expecting ATARI to provide some kind of fix
within resonable time...but the gist of the discussion over the last
few weeks is: that there will be NO fix in the near future(3-4 months)
and that is just plain unacceptable. Any fix which raises the folder
limit to something like 500 would be ok, nobody is asking ATARI to
rewrite GEMDOS in half a year, just give us a fix!

                      Simon Poole
                      Physics Institute of the University Zuerich
                      K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET