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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:27:17 +0100 (BST)
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> > If you're feeling brave and want to see what text editors were like before 
> > they were visual, type 'ex'.
> > 
> 
> Or even better, ed :)
> 

Ahh... 'ed'. I remember having to change the partition table on a DEC OSF/1 [1]
box with ed as nothing else was available in single-user mode... :-)

Beats DOS edlin though!

Chris...
[1] now called Compaq Tru 64 Unix after the Compaq buyout of DEC several
	years ago.

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