On 6/1/2011 13:32, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I had presumed this carried over from MS-DOS
> (although I couldn't say what version).

Version 2.0 introduced directories, as well as the path-like calls (i.e., 
where you pass the file name as a UNIXy string rather than a FCB).

Version 3.22 was the first that actually looked at the control information 
in the boot sector to decide how many sectors were on the floppy and such.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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    driving without turn signals."

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