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| From | John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator |
| Date | 2026-08-18 00:07 +0000 |
| Organization | Taughannock Networks |
| Message-ID | <11607nk$1u4d$1@gal.iecc.com> (permalink) |
| References | <v8p8g6$ai44$1@dont-email.me> <87se4c5s1d.fsf@hyperbola.mail-host-address-is-not-set> |
According to <anthk@not.dev.null>: > >Under ITS I think they were just separated by a space It was a dot on the DEC PDP-6 monitor that evolved into TOPS-10. I believe TOPS-10 is where both CP/M and MS-DOS got their filename syntax. -- Regards, John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator anthk@not.dev.null - 2026-08-17 23:57 +0200
Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2026-08-18 00:07 +0000
Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-08-18 11:51 +0000
Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2026-08-18 22:15 -0400
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