CJ>> It it is a shareware utility that has been around forever.  It
 CJ>> started out as a replacement for the DOS MORE command.

 JP> Now, I get it. Thank you. I have had my troubles with
 JP> the MORE command  and the TYPE one too. But at times,
 JP> they are quite handy when in DOS.

they can be, even in their limited fashion... FWIW: MORE is also a *NIX
command but not TYPE... on *NIX systems, one would use CAT

ie: cat foo.txt | more


 JP> When I started in this fun-thing, I also used a PRG that
 JP> would show the 16 bytes on the left half of the screen
 JP> and their ASCII values on the right hand side.

LIST.COM does that when you switch it to its HEX display mode...

 JP> That was also a fine way to read .txt and do some
 JP> correcting. My DOS background is quite limited, I have to
 JP> refer to my Dummies quite often.

hehehe...

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