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None of the filenames appear to exceed eight characters in length. Did filesystems for Windows have a limit back then?
by skibz 6y ago
None of the filenames appear to exceed eight characters in length. Did filesystems for Windows have a limit back then?
- pjmlp 6y agoIf the clipart was to be usable by the Windows 3.x versions, or Windows 95 running on FAT, if I remember correctly.
- whizzter 6y agoIirc long-filenames are stored as "invalid" directory entries regardless of FAT12/16/32 so if you had win95+ then long-filenames was everywhere (although not entirely sure but i guess win3.x/old dos could corrupt the extended part even if the short-form always was valid)
- jansan 6y agoyessir, 8 characters filename plus 3 characters file name extension. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename