Subj : Beautiful hacks
To   : Ben Collver
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Oct 22 2023 22:41:56

  Re: Beautiful hacks
  By: Ben Collver to Bob Worm on Sat Oct 21 2023 11:55:14

Hi, Ben.

 > I recall this hack.  One simple "hack" that we did on the DOS machines in
 > our high school computer lab was use unbreakable space characters in file
 > names.  This made the file "invisible" in the directory listing.  We used
 > Alt+255 to enter this character at the command prompt.

I've never heard of that one before - did any file with that character in it turn invisible? How do you turn them back visible if you don't know the names?

BobW
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