Re: Multiplicity, Change and MV
From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 24 Apr 2006 20:56:46 -0700
Message-ID: <1145936753.364431.146100_at_t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
> Oh wait, those were called FCBs weren't they? Not descriptors but
> control blocks. Sigh.
Date: 24 Apr 2006 20:56:46 -0700
Message-ID: <1145936753.364431.146100_at_t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Bob Badour wrote:
>
> Oh wait, those were called FCBs weren't they? Not descriptors but
> control blocks. Sigh.
My favorite thing about them was the way that you could open a file in some application, then crash, and the file would be stuck-open. You couldn't do anything to the file because it was already open, even though the app had crashed. Reboot? Still open.
Marshall
PS. It's possible this was CP/M I'm remembering, though. It was a long time ago. Apologies for the off-topicness. Received on Tue Apr 25 2006 - 05:56:46 CEST