From: John Beckett 

"Geo."  wrote in message
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> Geo. (I hope I can remember how to use edlin)

I have a story about edlin. It was a few years ago now, but even in 1996
(or whenever it was), seeing edlin was a rarity.

Anyway, I was asked to write a simple DOS program that output text messages
on some wall panel for a bank. There was some sort of glitch with the
person who was supposed to put the program on the bank's computer, so I was
asked to go and do it.

Well, I managed to find a suit. And I managed to find level 35 in their
fabulous city office building. And they took me to the PC. A real IBM PC!
No expense spared.

The damn thing had NOTHING on it except PC-DOS and edlin. I had to edit
autoexec.bat using edlin. It just never occurred to me that the existing
computer they told me I would be using wouldn't even have Edit (and
political factors meant I had to use just that PC).

Edlin - just like riding a bicycle.

John

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