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SJK: links to some real examples of FAT8 filesystems

2024-09-05T05:21:27Z

links to some real examples of FAT8 filesystems

Jsummers at 16:48, 25 August 2019

2019-08-25T16:48:44Z

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'''FAT8''' (Original 8-bit FAT; a variety of FAT, which stands for File Allocation Table) is a simple filesystem with limited capabilities. The "8" refers to the number of bits in table entries. This was the original version of FAT created at Microsoft for use with versions of [[BASIC]] that had built-in disk support; it was then adopted by Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products, who adapted it into [[FAT12]] for use in his disk operating system that eventually got licensed to Microsoft (and in turn to IBM) as PC-DOS / [[MS-DOS]].

==Resources==
* [[wikipedia:File Allocation Table#Original 8-bit FAT|Wikipedia]]

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-'''FAT8''' (Original 8-bit FAT; a variety of FAT, which stands for File Allocation Table) is a simple filesystem with limited capabilities. The "8" refers to the number of bits in table entries. This was the original version of FAT created at Microsoft for use with versions of [[BASIC]] that had built-in disk support; it was then adopted by Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products, who adapted it into [[FAT12]] for use in his disk operating system that eventually got licensed to Microsoft (and in turn to IBM) as PC-DOS / [[MS-DOS]].
+'''FAT8''' (Original 8-bit FAT; a variety of [[FAT]], which stands for File Allocation Table) is a simple filesystem with limited capabilities. The "8" refers to the number of bits in table entries. This was the original version of [[FAT]] created at Microsoft for use with versions of [[BASIC]] that had built-in disk support; it was then adopted by Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products, who adapted it into [[FAT12]] for use in his disk operating system that eventually got licensed to Microsoft (and in turn to IBM) as PC-DOS / [[MS-DOS]].
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