Micropolis

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Fred Cisin wrote:
> The 2GB limit was due to MICROS~1 using a signed, rather than unsigned,
> long integer.  'Course that did make it possible to have a file with
> -2147483648 bytes :-)

That was actually how some "disk expansion" software worked.  They put a 
file in the filesystem with some negative size.  The software functioned 
on the principle that, "there's a sucker born every minute".

Peace...  Sridhar