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    Re: Website —Jeremy H. Sproat
   (...) The filesystem in Win32 is case-preserving, but not case-sensitive. e.g. if you open a file named "FiLeNaMe.txt" but the file was really saved as "FILENAME.TXT", it'll still load. Compare this to the Unix filesystem, where "A" != "a". Why they (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Website —Todd Lehman
     (...) Woohoo! You won't regret it (once you get it working). --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         (canceled) —Jeremy H. Sproat
     
          Re: Website —Dan Boger
      On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:56:29 GMT Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Website': (...) *grin* - just go work for someone who "understands"... All our servers (aside from /usr/local for SGIs, Suns, etc) are linux, as are 1/2 the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) I know. I've regretted taking it off my test machine at work! :-, But I know I'm going to have some configuration headaches with setting up the VPN back into work, and IP Masquerading so that Barbara's machine can surf the Web too. Not to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Todd Lehman
     (...) I finally just gave up on trying to get XFree86 to work with my video card... finally just went out to Comp U.S.S.R. and bought a cheapo $69 card that was known to work with it (XFree86 3.3.5 at the time). Not bad, BTW, for $69 -- pumps out (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Mike Stanley
     (...) Make and model, please? I'm wanting to put a better card in my dual Celeron (366 running at 512) machine that is running RH 6.1 since the piece of junk Diamond thing in there now isn't good enough. (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Todd Lehman
     (...) Surely! It's an ATI XPERT(tm) 98, the 8-MB PCI version. UPC sticker says "XPERT 98 NA PCI 8M 100-419031 / 7 27419 40420 4". Says it's "Designed for Windows 95/98" but worked *absolutely* flawlessly (100% autodetected) under RHL 6.1. The only (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Mike Stanley
     (...) Cool, I will probably look into it. (...) I'm bummed right now because I can't run at more than 1280x1024 at 75Hz, not because my video cards or monitor won't do it, but because the Sybex 4-port switchbox I use doesn't handle anything higher (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Website —Dan Boger
     On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:43:06 GMT Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Website': (...) heheh... why anyone would use it... ;) But that's what you get when you patch (win98) a patch (win95) an application (win3.1) and call it an OS. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Website —Frank Filz
     (...) Except when it isn't... (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Jeremy H. Sproat
      (...) When doesn't it preserve case? Or are you talking about when you create a new file or dir in Explorer, and Explorer munges the case for you...? Explorer was a neat idea that I liked at first, but it's starting to get more and more annoying. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Jacob Sparre Andersen
     Frank: (...) You mean things like insisting that a file you name "LEGO" has to be called "Lego"? Maybe we should as TLC to sue MS for trademark infringement. :-) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Website —Steve Bliss
     (...) Huh? What? Oh, you mean "what happens when you forget to set the 'Allow All Uppercase Names' option". I'm with you now. Steve (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Website —Jeremy H. Sproat
     *sigh* (...) s/Why they decided/Why Microsoft decided/; Like the Unix filesystem, hate the Win32 filesystem. For the record... Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Website —Susan Hoover
     (...) [long snip] (...) Hey, leave his winkie out of this. This is a family forum. ;-) XFUT .ot.fun (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Website —Jeremy H. Sproat
   (...) Yah, that was just my canned response... (...) Um, my canned response. Anyway, I just wanted to... (remembering ;-) What was I saying? Oh yeah. I was just describing some technical stuff... (remembering ;-) ...stuff about Windows and filenames (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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