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Re: FAT16 on NTFS--semi-off topic



If you ever get it working again, I'd be
interested in the details.

I have what looks like a similar problem.
It's an old file manager (whose origins date
back to CP/M) which works fine in a dos box on
fat32 drives but not in the dos you get when booting win98 from floppy.

When trying to open or copy a file, there's an
error message saying "unable to open file". I suspect it's a problem of file control blocks (fcb's), an old file access system which is no longer supported by modern versions of dos.
The question boils down to this - will CB86 on a
fat16 drive work in a dos box or will it also
require an earlier version of dos?
 John


Harry Binswanger wrote:
My BASIC compiler, CB86, is so old it will work only on its FAT16 drive, even though it's DOS. Is there some way to make a logical partition under XP (NTFS) to simulate or be FAT16?

I need to use CB86 in connection with my XyWrite translator, XyBasic.

TIA,
Harry

Harry Binswanger
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