OT: historical file systems (was: Factoring out Content-Disposition (i123))

From: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:42:57 +0200 To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org Message-ID: <g8f7kk$69c$1@ger.gmane.org> · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0+W3C-0.50 : Tuesday, 4 October 2011 12:14:05 GMT

Julian Reschke wrote:

> I recall a system where it was 8+0 (plus a
> single 8 character top level folder name).

What I had in mind when I wrote 8+8 was an
old IBM mainframe system, DOS 360 or MVS, I
forgot the details.  It was fun to (ab)use a
virtual "PUN" device for a kind of e-mail...

After getting over the shock that thousands
of very real PUNched cards were now history.

 Frank