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From: JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re:  MSB
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Date: 24 Jul 89 00:11:16 GMT
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>   I am trying to transfer data from an text file (created via Appleworks)
> to a file for use in BusinessWorks, which denotes the end of a field
> by setting the MSB of the last character.  Applesoft seems to automatically
> turn off the MSB.  Is there any easy way of bypassing that?
>

It seems to me that you could use the Block Warden program from
ProSel to zap the byte.

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