Inaccessible CP/M programs in Altair32

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon Nov 26 09:21:00 2001

IIRC, it put a 0xE5 in the first byte of the directory entry, which,
historically, was the IBM "deleted data" designator.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Foust" <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: Inaccessible CP/M programs in Altair32


>
> When CP/M deleted a file, did it just put a zero
> at the start of the filename (like DOS), or did it erase the
> entire field? Perhaps Rich saw deleted files...
>
> - John
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 26 2001 - 09:21:00 GMT