Long file names on the Falcon

[thgill]

Hello Everyone!

 

I am a new Atari User and although I have a ton of questions about various items, the one that bothers me the most is in regards to file name lengths.

 

I am mostly use to the Amiga and it's ability to handle long filenames and I am curious what I can do on my Falcon to be able to display these long file names? I have a bog standard 4 meg Falcon with TOS 4.04.

 

Would this require software upgrades or a different OS? I would like to be able to view some of the module music I have on disc's from my pc, but seems I am stuck with 8.3 filenames. Any affordable way to deal with this?

 

Also, one other question.

 

How worthwhile is a FPU on a Falcon? Does much software take advantage of it?

 

Thanks!

Todd