9 July 2009 0 Comments

MS-DOS also allowed spaces in file names, although vanishingly few programs knew how to access them

A little-known fact about MS-DOS is that it allowed spaces in file names. Sure, you were limited to 8.3, but a file called ” LOOK AT.ME ” was legal in MS-DOS, and you could indeed create such a file. Good luck finding programs that didn’t treat you as insane when you asked for that file, though.

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MS-DOS also allowed spaces in file names, although vanishingly few programs knew how to access them

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