Subject: Re: hmm, why cant i read the files..?
To: Augey Mikus <mikus@shell.flinet.com>
From: Dr. Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/06/1998 15:56:33
On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Augey Mikus wrote:

> in MacOS after i issue the cpout command in the installer i cant seem to
> read the text files, is there a problem with my machine/installer  or do i
> need to use a special program to read these simple text files?

Alpha should work fine.

The thing is that UNIX and MacOS use different characters for the end of
line marker. So a multi-line document for one shows us as a huge, run-on
line to the other.

Take care,

Bill