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# Helper – A File Handling Utility

HELPER, a utility program written by Bill Cable of Wood and Wind Computing, Cornish, NH, is a terrific front end for the unexpanded QL. It is best used on a QL with extra memory, but will work on a 128K memory machine. It requires approximately 25K of memory for itself.