> > > and I had a mac that would only use 8.3
> > > filenames....eg .htm
> >
> > (*sigh*)
> >
> > No, sir, you did not. The Macintosh has _never_ used extensions
> natively
> > (it used a four-character type and four-character creator code to link
> > documents to applications through the invisible "Desktop" file, later
> > "Desktop DF" and "Desktop DB" filepair, so any "." character in a
filename
this was an early Mac II and I was *sure* it was 8.3... I do know it burnt
out two PSU in 3 months and the second one set fire to the whole thing and
destroyed it..... so I threw it away and replaced it with 2 dragon 32s
which were surprisingly good...