[Info-vax] Search for folders
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Sat Jan 27 14:55:59 EST 2024
On 1/27/2024 1:48 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 00:32 -0500, Dave Froble wrote:
>> Each disk has what you are calling a root directory. Within it are
>> top level directorys. The "ROOT" can be addressed as [0,0],
>> [000000], or [000,000]. Don't ask me why more than one method. I
>> don't know.
>
> Looks like some form of octal?
[0,0] is a synonym for [000000].
I believe it is for backwards compatibility with some PDP-11 OS,
but that is before my time - maybe some of the PDP-11 knowledgable
can either confirm and explain or discard the hypothesis.
Arne
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