ascii or not ascii

sue hough hough at lamont.Columbia.edu
Fri Apr 29 03:54:31 AEST 1988


I am trying to read an ascii (Prime generated) 9-track tape on a Unix
 system.  The restored files look like ascii when I use MORE, CAT,
 HEAD, etc.  But when I try to edit them with vi, I get
 "not an ascii file".  Any suggestions appreciated.

(A UNIX novice) S. Hough

email: hough at lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu



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