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From: hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui)
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Subject: Re: Text file madness on the Mac.
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Date: 6 Jan 90 08:04:08 GMT
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In article <37640@apple.Apple.COM> jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
writes:                 ^^^^^              ^^^^^
>You display a text file "at the level of the Desktop" (which presumably
>means "from the Finder") by double-clicking the file. This is a fairly
>simple procedure, certainly no more difficult than typing "type" and
>a filename.

What you suggested does not work. I just downloaded a small file using
Red Ryder 9.4 using Kermit text mode. I double clicked on the file.
Why don't you try this yourself and see what happens ?

Michael Hui 604-985-6506  604-985-4214  hui@joplin.mpr.ca