26 Nov
2001
26 Nov
'01
1:21 a.m.
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(a)threedee.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)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