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Re: TPU, large files, dynamic memory

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From: Paul Repacholi
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 11:35
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In article <DAVIS.92Oct26175706@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>, davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis") writes:
> In article <BwqwI3.Gnq@xcluud.sccsi.com> dkl@xcluud.sccsi.com (David Leikam)
> writes: 
>     >In article <1992Oct26.013437.22600@cujo.curtin.edu.au>
>     >crobw@CUPID.CURTIN.EDU.AU writes:
>    
>     >I often use TPU (with modified EVE interface) to do a 'quick and
>     >dirty' job on a large file. So when a colleague asked me to help with

> A 90000 block file is about 45 megabytes.  Are you really sure that a text
> editor is the right tool for this job?  I really have my doubts.
> 

Better to use a tape editor. Called TECO. You could prob have the job done
by the time TPU crawls to life...

~Paul
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