Re: Ingres questions followup

From: Seth Grimes <sethg_at_dcatlas.dot.gov>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:18:22 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Nov12.031822.9204_at_dcatlas.dot.gov>


thompson_at_stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Thompson, code 682.1, x2040) writes:

> It appears
>that this is true even on VAX machines, where text files have traditionally
>been restricted to 255 characters per line.

Huh? If there was such a restriction, it hasn't been around in a while. Perhaps you're thinking about the former limitations of some of the editors in handling wide lines, which don't (for all practical purposes) exist any more.

Seth Grimes, dcatlas!sethg_at_uunet.uu.net Automated Sciences Group (U.S. Dept. of Transportation) Received on Thu Nov 12 1992 - 04:18:22 CET

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