Hi Don,
On 27 Jun 96, 04:37, Don Nickell wrote to All
 DN> I downloaded a 130K data file from Internet yesterday, a simple
 DN> ASCII listing of people married in Greenup Co., KY 1910-1912. I
 DN> can look at it with LIST, edit it with QEdit or WP 6.1W, and view
 DN> it (F5,Enter) with 5.1+.
 DN> BUT, I can't F5,1-Retrieve it into 5.1+. The HD light goes BURP
 DN> and that's it! (P100/16M RAM, 500M free HD.) I've waited  up to
Is the maximum line length in that file larger than your WP defaults? Are 
there exceedingly long stretches without spaces?
Anyway, try to use a smaller font before retrieving the file and/or try 
landscape paper first. If either or both work you can probaly delete those 
codes later -- carefully scrolling through the text afterwards may locate "a 
problem".
DON'T go to the end of the file in one step !!! (I've had crashes that way 
...)
Greetings from
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