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  TRANSFER OF LONG FILES BE
  SEDT                           (2 messages)


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Date:     10-31-90 (09:22)
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  TRANSFER OF LONG FILES BE
From:     HOWARD HALL

George - I found that I could readily XFER long files both ways by
using DECON to break the files into small portions (your option
on size of portions), move the smaller parts to single-sided
disks, then reassemble at the other end using CONCAT.
    These utilities were made available by H. J. Gray (I don't know
him; just his name); the copy I saw had a date of 2 Jan 1989.
The distribution was public domain (not even share-ware), and
was on the bulletin board as DECON.ARC.  (I think it may have
been on Kurt's POTOGOLD Board, not sure).
    If you don't already have it stashed somewhere, I will try to
locate it, upload for Kurt to make available again.
             Howard L. HALL, (703) 273-7210 (Washinton DC area)

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Date:     10-31-90 (09:32)
To:       MARIO LAZZARIN
Subject:  SEDT
From:     HOWARD HALL

Mario-
     I'm not sure whether you want to use an IBM/AT (or other) keyboard
to control a copy of SEDT on the VAX, or whether you are
looking for a copy of SEDT for your PC, so will comment both ways.
     I have used various IBM keyboards to communicate with the VAX
SEDT,  found that I needed to make an emergency 'template' for
my use on the PC.  The HELP files included in the package were
reasonably good, so not as much of a problem as it might have
been.  The keys (as you will have discovered) are definitely
different, but you should be able to work your way around most
of the problems.
     If your comment was re a copy for the PCs, I recommend you touch
base with the author of SEDT (his 'credits' appear in the
documentation, and also on-screen as you log out of SEDT if my
memory serves me right) and ask for more details.  The packages
I saw contained KEY DEFINITION files for about 8 different
keyboards, including RAINBOW, IBM generic, and the AT.  The
latest version(s) of SEDT were commercial, but at each new
release of a later version, the previous versions were made
available as public domain.
                        Howard L. HALL

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Date:     10-31-90 (17:50)
To:       HOWARD HALL
Subject:  SEDT
From:     FRANK MALLORY

Howie, ole buddy!  How are you doing?

On the subject of SEDT, I have tried a couple different ways but still
have  not succeeded in getting it to edit files that exceed the
size of main  memory.  Any thought on that?


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