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From: RAND@merrimack.EDU ("Rand P. Hall")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: SYS$ANNOUNCE/WELCOME length
Message-ID: <8802231609.AA21202@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 17 Feb 88 21:31:00 GMT
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Can anyone provide a rational for SYS$ANNOUNCE and SYS$WELCOME's limit
of 63 characters? 

Rand P. Hall                         rand@merrimack.edu (csnet)
Director, Academic Computing         617.683.7111
Merrimack College
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