Then the problem has to be related to the very old version of qedit that you're using.

I'm sure my old colleague and co-worker Neil can weigh in on this.

Gilles Schipper 
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On 2012-05-07, at 11:12 PM, John Pitman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Editor works fine, for replacing an existing, or creating a new file.
> Editor warned of truncation to 255 byte rec lens.
> 
> Only oddity I can see is the file is TAB separated fields.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilles Schipper [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:46 PM
> To: John Pitman
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] qedit question
> 
> Do you get the same behavior with EDITOR?
> 
> Gilles Schipper
> Sent via mobile
> 416-702-7900
> 
> On 2012-05-07, at 10:08 PM, John Pitman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> TOTALS (IN SECTORS):
>> 
>>         DEVICE SIZE :  213398848
>>         TRANS SPACE :    1162000               PERM SPACE :  143032992
>>     MAX TRANS SPACE :  195615600           MAX PERM SPACE :  195615600
>> 
>>          FREE SPACE :   69203856
>> AVAIL TO TRANS SPACE :   69203856      AVAIL TO PERM SPACE :   52582608
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Neil Armstrong (Newsgroups) [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2012 11:00 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] qedit question
>> 
>> Wow, Qedit 3.4 CM only, 1985.
>> 
>> I can do similar sequence with no problem and yes in that version.

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