Loading large DL files

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Subject: Loading large DL files
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 03:44:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 03:44:08 1984
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From: Nick
I am having a problem editing large files on my 512K Mac after
downloading them. I have an early version of MacTerminal (0.2) (I would
buy a new version if I could find one) and StraightTalk. StraightTalk
doesn't write to disk so it is limited to ~20KB files. I tried breaking
the larger files into 20KB chunks and then re-assembling them on the Mac
with no luck. None of the 'cut and paste' methods could get around
out-of-memory bombs.

I then got my buggy MacTerminal connected and downloaded a 40KB file in
one shot but, it has the logon header and trailer still appended to it
so fromHex doesn't like it and I can get neither file nor MacWrite to
open it so I can remove the offending extra's.

Can anyone help either explain how to edit a large file or how to
download and save it without the header/trailer appended?

\\ Nick