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Sort USB files into alphanumeric order

In Issue 603 (page 65), you told Roger Currie why his CD files appeared to be out of order on the USB stick that he was plugging into his car. Your suggestions make perfect sense, but there might be an additional factor.

Standard operating systems such as Windows, MacOS and Linux know

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