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Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:14:48 -0400
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:01:27 PDT, Adam Audette <[log in to unmask]>  said:
> problem at all -- it was Windows. File types are kind of a burden
> in Win/NT when every program is trying to claim certain files and
> default them to .txt extensions, etc etc.

Remember - unless you use NTFS *and* disable 8+3 filenames, there's that
8PLUS3SU.CKS syndrome just waiting to get you.  And I don't think there's
any way to totally defeat the extension system under a Microsoft operating
system...

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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech

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