On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Steve Robertson wrote:
> *1987*... Now there's foresight!
>
> Well... That sounds like the problem. I had tried some other years in case
> the "99" was the problem but, didn't think to try anything that far back.
> I'll give that a try when I get home.
Actually, the problem propagated from the first version of Model One
TRSDOS written by Randy Cook in 1978, when the limited directory
space available on a 35-track single-density diskette was defined.
At the time the decision was to sacrifice the date in favor of file
level passwords. The patch to fix that in LDOS and LS-DOS
coincidentally strips the password feature.
(Model II TRSDOS never had a problem, since the only thing it had
in common with Model 1/3/4 TRSDOS was the name -- however, the 8"
version of LS-DOS for the 2/12/16/6000 did have the problem, and no
patch was ever made -- really not too surprising, I bought my copy
about three years after it was announced and got serial number 25).
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor
Received on Fri Feb 05 1999 - 14:57:53 GMT