diff --git a/AppleWin/source/Util_MemoryTextFile.cpp b/AppleWin/source/Util_MemoryTextFile.cpp
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+#include "StdAfx.h"
+#pragma  hdrstop
+
+// MemoryTextFile _________________________________________________________________________________
+
+const int EOL_TERM = 0;
+
+//===========================================================================
+bool MemoryTextFile_t::Read( char *pFileName )
+{
+	bool bStatus = false;
+	FILE *hFile = fopen( pFileName, "rt" );
+
+	if (hFile)
+	{
+		fseek( hFile, 0, SEEK_END );
+		long nSize = ftell( hFile );
+		fseek( hFile, 0, SEEK_SET );
+
+		m_vBuffer.reserve( nSize + 1 );
+		m_vBuffer.insert( m_vBuffer.begin(), nSize+1, 0 );
+
+		char *pBuffer = & m_vBuffer.at(0);
+		fread( (void*)pBuffer, nSize, 1, hFile );
+
+		m_vBuffer.push_back( EOL_TERM );
+
+		fclose(hFile);
+
+		m_bDirty = true;
+		GetLinePointers();
+
+		bStatus = true;
+	}
+
+	return bStatus;
+}
+
+
+//===========================================================================
+void MemoryTextFile_t::GetLine( const int iLine, char *pLine, const int nMaxLineChars )
+{
+	if (m_bDirty)
+	{
+		GetLinePointers();
+	}		
+
+	ZeroMemory( pLine, nMaxLineChars );
+	strncpy( pLine, m_vLines[ iLine ], nMaxLineChars-1 );
+}
+
+
+// cr/new lines are converted into null, string terminators
+//===========================================================================
+void MemoryTextFile_t::GetLinePointers()
+{
+	if (! m_bDirty)
+		return;
+
+	m_vLines.erase( m_vLines.begin(), m_vLines.end() );
+	char *pBegin = & m_vBuffer.at( 0 );
+	char *pLast  = & m_vBuffer[ m_vBuffer.size() ];
+
+	char *pEnd = NULL;
+	char *pStartNextLine;
+
+	while (pBegin < pLast)
+	{
+		m_vLines.push_back( pBegin );
+
+		pEnd = const_cast<char*>( SkipUntilEOL( pBegin ));
+
+		if (*pEnd != EOL_TERM)
+		{
+			// Found EOL via null
+			pStartNextLine = pEnd + 1;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			pStartNextLine = const_cast<char*>( EatEOL( pEnd ));
+
+			// DOS/Win "Text" mode converts LF CR (0D 0A) to CR (0D)
+			// but just in case, the file is read in binary.
+			int nEOL = pStartNextLine - pEnd;
+			while (nEOL-- > 1)
+			{
+				*pEnd++ = ' ';
+			}
+
+			// assert( pEnd != NULL	);
+			*pEnd = EOL_TERM;
+		}
+		pBegin = pStartNextLine;
+	}			
+
+	m_bDirty = false;
+}
+
+
+//===========================================================================
+void MemoryTextFile_t::PushLine( char *pLine )
+{
+	char *pSrc = pLine;
+	while (pSrc && *pSrc)
+	{
+		if (*pSrc == CHAR_CR)
+			m_vBuffer.push_back( EOL_TERM );
+		else
+		if (*pSrc == CHAR_LF)			
+			m_vBuffer.push_back( EOL_TERM );
+		else
+			m_vBuffer.push_back( *pSrc );
+
+		pSrc++;		
+	}
+	m_vBuffer.push_back( EOL_TERM );
+
+	m_bDirty = true;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/AppleWin/source/Util_MemoryTextFile.h b/AppleWin/source/Util_MemoryTextFile.h
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+#pragma once
+
+
+// Memory Text File _________________________________________________________
+
+	class MemoryTextFile_t
+	{
+		vector<char  > m_vBuffer;
+		vector<char *> m_vLines ; // array of pointers to start of lines
+		bool           m_bDirty ; // line pointers not up-to-date
+
+		void GetLinePointers();
+
+	public:
+		MemoryTextFile_t()
+//		: m_nSize( 0 )
+//		, m_pBuffer( 0 )
+//		, m_nLines( 0 )
+		: m_bDirty( false )
+		{
+			m_vBuffer.reserve( 2048 );
+			m_vLines.reserve( 128 );				
+		}
+
+		bool Read( TCHAR *pFileName );
+		void Reset()
+		{
+			m_vBuffer.erase( m_vBuffer.begin(), m_vBuffer.end() );
+			m_vLines.erase( m_vLines.begin(), m_vLines.end() );
+		}
+
+inline	int  GetNumLines()
+		{
+			if (m_bDirty)
+				GetLinePointers();
+
+			return m_vLines.size();
+		}
+
+inline	char *GetLine( const int iLine ) const
+		{
+			return m_vLines.at( iLine );
+		}
+
+		void  GetLine( const int iLine, char *pLine, const int n );
+
+		void PushLine( char *pLine );
+	};
+