Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 14:14:31 -0800 From: Jamie Lawrence <jal@42is.com> To: krusosky@erols.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Simple Text 32K--Upgrade Message-ID: <v03102805b0a24eda74ea@[205.217.47.88]> In-Reply-To: <347C991C.68D@erols.com>
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At 4:48 PM -0500 on 11/26/97, charles t.krause wrote: > I am running a Mac 575 Performa System OS 7.6..Apple tell me I can not > open document larger than 32K and to do so I need to use a better text > editor like BBEdit or similar. > What steps must I do to use FreeBSD? Can I use a CD? > Can you walk me through the steps. > Thank you. > > <krusosky@erols.com> I think you're a little confused. FreeBSD only runs on the PC platform. Look at NetBSD/OpenBSD for Macintosh compatability. Also, if you just want to get around the 32K TextEdit limit imposed by MacOS, getting BBEdit or similar is going to be a much easier solution than switching operating systems. But yes, vi, emacs, etc. all can handle greater than 32K of text... -j
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