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From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hidden bit
Keywords: protect hidden ls
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Date: 5 Dec 88 04:46:40 GMT
References: <999@hub.ucsb.edu>  <1527@nmtsun.nmt.edu> 
Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article  kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:

> I'd really like for CBM to "bless" this.  True, the current "Protect" does
> do this, but it isn't documented anywhere I could find.  So the question
> for the CATS and/or DOGS is: "is the 'h' bit 'official', or is this a 'keep
> your hands off of this bit' situation"?
> 
> /kim
> UUCP:  kim@amdahl.amdahl.com

Oh well, the secrets out!  It was going to be a big suprise but you
ruined it.  The H doesn't stand for HIDDEN, it's for HAYNIE.  Get a
program written by Dave Haynie.  Now set that bit on the program and on
the file that you are going to do the operation on.  Now run the
program.  See?  Dave magically appears in your living room.  I
just did it myself.  Hey!  Stay away from my beer!  Hey!  I don't want
to watch that!  Quit changing the channels!  Hey!

Damn!  Does anyone have the patches to RemRad to convert it to
RemDave?  I missed that one in comp.sources.amiga. :-)

-Tom
P.S.  Don't you love when a rumor column in a PC rag tries to predict
what will be in the A3000?  The NeXT machine includes the complete
works of William Shakesphere, right?  Well a very reliable source told
me that the A3000 will have the complete works of Shakesphere's
younger brother Marty.  Now Marty wasn't as famous, but the A3000
isn't going to be as expensive as a NeXT machine.  Don't believe me?
But... but... but... it was in rumor-rag-o-rama...!
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