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NOTE: You can't use DMS files with names longer than 18 characters!

Hi,

I just wanted to tell everybody that DMS files with more than 18 characters aren't possible to use in WinUAE.
That's not a bug, but a limitation.
I tell you in order to prevent "bug reports" that DMS files aren't working properly in WinUAE. ;)

You just have to RENAME the file to something equal or less than 18 characters in total, and you don't have problems.

Example:
Fantasy Manager-1.DMS is NOT possible because:

7 + 1 (space) + 9 + 4 (dot + dms) = 21 characters!
Rename it to FantasyMgr-1.dms and it works fine!

FYI.

Many thanks for the info. I was wondering why I couldn't use most of my DMS files. I hadn't submitted it though :)

Glad I could help out!

OK, so just report back if it works now after reducing the length of the filename.