Emacs Freezes up when writing a %backup%

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From: Bill Chinn
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1991 18:13

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Hi,

I've just installed Emacs on a 386 machine running
Interactive Unix System V/386.  The problem is that
when I open a relatively small file (less than 100 
lines) and make a few changes, Emacs reports that
it's writing a %backup% file and locks up.  I can't
do anything except login on another terminal and 
kill it.  This only happens sonce in awhile (1 in 20 
or 30 file openings), but it's really disturbing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Bill Chinn
bill@medicus.com

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