> wonder how many megs wordpad can hold before
> crapping out. Notepad stoped
> holding it ages ago

I can get Wordpad on NT 4.0 to hold at least 10MB, and
successfully work, save, edit, etc.

But don't try this at home, unless you have Dr.
Watson.  If it craps out due to memory/scratchpadding
errors and conflicts it can be devastating to the system.