It is DOS I was writing about, believe me, I'm an oldie, even from
before CP/M.
My first computer was a (Grundy) NewBrain with no less than 32 kB RAM.
With an upgrade one had 96 kB and CP/M as well.
On startup, one had NewBrain Basic (interpreted) available. I wrote a
database program and even managed to sell it to other NewBrain users
(sorry, Richard, that was before the days of GNU-Linux).
Later I used Compas Pascal, very expensive, and three month later
Borland Pascal appeared at a quart of the price! But I loved Compas
Pascal, it was a very good compiler.
Kind regards,
Rob.
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:30:44 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
wrote:
>Considering the problem, Rob, the "radical" solution was probably the most
>efficient method of getting it done as compared to finding a means of
>addressing illegal file characters.
>
>By the way, it's not DOS, never has been in the WinNT line. DOS died with
>Win9x (the last iteration being WinME). NT uses a command line, or non-gui,
>mode, but it's still Windows.
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
>"Rob" wrote in message news:...
>> Thanks.
>> A very radical solution. I had hoped something less radical would be
>> available, a program of some sort, but well, I indeed formatted the
>> USB card now and copied the same files again. The 'trash files'
>> fortunately were absent this time. (A simple rename of these 'trash
>> files', which could make them deletable, is not permitted under
>> Windows.)
>>
>> Good old DOS! I could have written a program myself to correct this
>> problem. Windows is a wee bit too complex, I'm afraid.
>>
>> Kind regards, thanks,
>>
>> Rob.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:44:53 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Copy the files from the stick that you want to keep, then format it.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Best of Luck,
>>>
>>>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>"Rob" wrote in message news:...
>>>> On a USB-stick there appered over a dozen files and maps with names
>>>> which are just thrash, like xôdkû@8(*^&.cb^$ or similar.
>>>>
>>>> Neither DOS of Windows Explorer will delete them, as they are illegal
>>>> file/map names.
>>>>
>>>> What can I do to get rid of them?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Rob, Amsterdam.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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