From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <20240722090730.00004866@gmail.com>,   
   John Ames   wrote:   
   >On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:22:26 -0000 (UTC)   
   >cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:   
   >> I can't think of any now for which that would be true.  Maybe   
   >> DOS/VS or something?   
   >   
   >TENEX's six-character filename limit is the reason Colossal Cave   
   >Adventure is also known as ADVENT ;)   
      
   Oh, I thought we were being specific to IBM mainframes,   
   which is almost certainly what the OP was talking about.   
      
   ITS certainly had six-character filenames, as did TOPS-10 IIRC,   
   but TENEX had no such limit; consider the existence of   
   DIRECTORY, for instance.  Certainly, any unreasonably   
   short name limit did not survive into TOPS-20.   
      
   https://github.com/PDP-10/tenex/blob/master/pdf/TEN-SYS-2.pdf   
   suggests that the "primary name string" is of   
   "indefinite length".   
      
   >> The idea of a PC operating system on a mainframe is silly.   
   >   
   >No argument there. But there's room in life for silliness.   
      
   Indeed.  I don't think OP is making that distinction, though.   
      
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