"File types"

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Re: "File types"
>   From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
>   Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:52:56 +1200
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On 8/29/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
>> Unix was the first system that I'd ever seen where the file name implied a
>> type.

For me it was OS8 and later tops 10.  By RT11 and CP/M the idea that 
COM, .TXT, .DOC and .ASM were fully embedded.

And even CP/M apps were somewhat sensitized... Ever type A:ASM FOO.ASM and
wonder why you got a disk specification error?

Allison