Apple ][+ OS

From: will emerson <wpe_at_interserv.com>
Date: Sat Jan 31 18:30:06 1998

Aaaah! What I always liked about VMS... Error messages that ACTUALLY TELL YOU SOMETHING! 8^)

                                                                               Will


Peter Prymmer wrote:

> classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> Subj: Re: Apple ][+ OS
>
> Allison J Parent wrote:
>
> !<Well, a 15 character limit's not bad to me at all. Actually, I've gotte
> !<used to 8 with MS-DOS, which I still use when I want something DONE.
> !
> !I'm spoiled with VMS that has had EIGHTEEN.EIGHTEEN, yes, 36 character
> !file and directory names. The problem is;
> !
> !VMS_C_COMPILER_NEW.VERSION_TWENTY_ONE can be a pain to type in. ;)
> !
> !Allison
>
> I seem to recall a .3 limit in an early version of VMS that someone I spoke
> to who used to work for DEC recalls as well: was it as late as vms 2.0 perhaps
> 3.0 even?
>
> At any rate under VMS 7.1 at least the limit has been further increased to
> 39.39 as this little log demonstrates (apologies to folks if this gets MIMEd
> beyond recognition):
>
> $ create 123456789012345678901234567890123456789.123456789012345678901234567890123456789
> Hello from 39.39!
> ^Z Exit
> $ type 123456789012345678901234567890123456789.123456789012345678901234567890123456789
> Hello from 39.39!
> $ create 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> %CREATE-E-OPENOUT, error opening 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> as output-RMS-F-FNM, error in file name
>
> Hmm - I just tried that same thing on a VAX running 5.5-2 and was able to
> create the 39.39 but not the 40.40 just as on the Alpha running 7.1. I am
> not at home now so I can't test that on the uVAX running 5.4.
>
> As for directories - the following was done on the VAX running 5.5-2:
>
> $ create/dir [.123456789012345678901234567890123456789]
> $ create/dir [.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890]
> %CREATE-E-DIRNOTCRE, [.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890] directory file not created
> -RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name
>
> Peter Prymmer
Received on Sat Jan 31 1998 - 18:30:06 GMT