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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: editors
To: stephen@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk (Stephen P. Butler)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 13:00:24 -0700 (MST)
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> > Gotta get those new user up to speed on pipes and redirection
> > right off the bat!
> 
> Huh!  Mere child's tools.  I vote we ought to give them just a disk
> sector editor.  After all, any self-respecting hacker ought to be able
> to edit files by writing the disk format directly! :-)

Luxury!

Why, I remember installing Ultrix on a non-DEC drive using only
my bare hands and "dd"...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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