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|    August Abolins to mark lewis    |
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|    24 Mar 20 21:26:09    |
      MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5e7a5ec8       REPLY: 1218.fido-points@1:3634/12 22df8c3b       PID: JamNNTPd/OS2 1.3 20191227       TID: GE/2 1.2       CHRS: UTF-8 2       TZUTC: 0200       On 24/03/2020 2:29 p.m., mark lewis : August Abolins wrote:                      AA>> ..a certain boss node operator tell me that disk space is        AA>> no problem these days.               ml>not only that but directories can hold a lot more individual        ml>files these days than back in the DOS FAT-16 and FAT-32 days..        ml>specifically, DOS used to see a huge slowdown if there were        ml>over 255 files in one directory...              Does the same limitation still apply when virtualizing 16-bt OSes, or operating       a BBS with DOSbox?              I sincerely *do* apologize for neglecting to poll for several long weeks with       my       other point account.                            --        Quoted with Reformator/Quoter. Info = https://tinyurl.com/sxnhuxc              --- TB68.4.1/Win7        * Origin: nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 19/10 90/1 154/10 203/0 221/0 1 6 360 227/114 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100       SEEN-BY: 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/81 120 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 221/360 1 280/464 229/426           |
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