Editing File Allocation Table (section)

== Notes ==
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<ref group="nb" name="NB_NCR_FAT">Sources differ in regard to the first NCR data entry terminal integrating support for the FAT file system. According to [[Stephen Manes]] and Paul Andrews, "Gates",<!--<ref name="Manes_1993_Gates" /> --> development was for a [[NCR 8200]] in late 1977, incorrectly classified as a floppy-based upgrade to the [[NCR 7200]], which had been released in 1975-11 ([[NCR 7200 model I|model I]] and [[NCR 7200 model IV|IV]]) and was built around an [[Intel 8080]] 8-bit processor, but was cassette-based only. However, the NCR Century 8200 was a 16-bit minicomputer, onto which several data entry terminals could be hooked up. [[Marc McDonald]] even remembered<!-- in 2012-08 --> a [[NCR 8500]], a mainframe of the Criterion series, which can be ruled out as well. Announced 1977-10 for shipment in 1978-02, NCR also introduced the [[NCR I-8100]] series including the 8080-based [[NCR I-8130]] and [[NCR I-8150]] models of small business systems featuring dual floppy disks. Other sources indicate that either the NCR 7200 series itself or the successor series were the actual target platform. [[NCR Basic Plus 6]] (based on [[Microsoft Extended BASIC-80]]) became available for the cassette-based [[NCR 7200 model VI]] in Q1/1977.<!-- https://books.google.com/books?id=XEToBl0e2NIC&printsec=frontcover --> The [[NCR 7500]] series was released in 1978, based on a similar 8080 hardware, but now including [[NCR 7520]] and [[NCR 7530|7530]] models featuring 8-inch diskettes. [[NCR Basic +6]], a precursor or adaptation of [[Standalone Disk BASIC-80]] was available for them at least since 1979. One source<!-- http://www.thecorememory.com/forum/index.php?topic=83.msg342#msg342 --> claims that a special NCR 7200 model variant with two 8-inch diskettes and Microsoft BASIC existed and was imported by NCR Sydney into Australia the least.</ref>
<ref group="nb" name="NB_VFAT_Name">A driver named [[#VFAT|VFAT]] appeared before [[Windows 95]], in [[Windows for Workgroups]] 3.11, but this older version was only used for implementing [[32-bit file access]] and did not support [[long file name]]s.</ref>
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