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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:47:56 -0500
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: emacs hangs my machine
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At 05:06 PM 2/22/99 GMT, you wrote:
>WINDOZE 4.1 (98), open DOZE box, run emacs, "C-x C-f e:/a/1 RET" (read in 
>the file e:/a/1) which is 1MB, "C- " (set mark), "M->" (goto end), "C-w" 
>(kill-region). Now the cursor changes to a timeglass and the machine is 
>completely stuck. Not even C-Alt-Del works.

What else do you expect from a "DOZE" box? <g> Maybe this is fate
whispering in your ear to "get Linux now" :-)
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