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From: ms0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Gordon Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: HEY- editor wars!
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Date: 29 Jan 91 13:54:01 GMT
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> What a wimp!  You have to type ASCII values????

> Real Amiga programmers type the binary bits directly onto the disk in real
> time as it spins ... 

Well, that was just a metaphor.  Actually, I wave refrigerator magnets
around in hopes of accidentally altering the disk's magnetic
configuration such that my textfile appears as I wanted it.

Mike Shapiro
ms0p@andrew.cmu.edu  
I don't live in fantasy; I only work there.