28 Aug
2006
28 Aug
'06
5:14 p.m.
Subject: Re: "File types"
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:52:56 +1200
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
On 8/29/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> Unix was the first system that I'd ever seen where the file name implied a
> type.
For me it was OS8 and later tops 10. By RT11 and CP/M the idea that
COM, .TXT, .DOC and .ASM were fully embedded.
And even CP/M apps were somewhat sensitized... Ever type A:ASM FOO.ASM and
wonder why you got a disk specification error?
Allison