Brian wrote:
> > rH = 17 . You are right! How did you do that?
> 
> Long long ago the save file name for exponent nnnnnnn was pnnnnnnn (exponent 
> left padded with zeros if necessary). This scheme failed at exponent 
> 10,000,000. So the second character became A for 10 million, B for 11 million 
> etc. Something else happens after Z for 36 million.... This is all bound up 
> with some constraints which have become partially or completely obsolete, 
> like 8 char length limits, case insensitivity etc.

Thankyou! It's nice to have one thread which gets clearer with each post:-)

D.
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