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From: king@ivory.UUCP (Steven King)
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Subject: Suffix for Binscii files
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Date: 29 Aug 89 20:52:04 GMT
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> What is the accepted standard suffix for binscii files?
>Thanks in advance
>       ted
>       n6trf

(Typos editted, of course... :-)

I've often wondered the same thing.  I like to use ".bsc"; it seems to be the
closest to being pronouncable.  ".bin" would be nicer, if it weren't for the 
fact that it would be hopelessly confused with the "BIN" filetype.  Other
personal "standards" are:

.bsc ==> Binscii
.asc ==> ASCII (used primarily differentiate from Binscii)
.exe ==> EXECable text file (Executioner format, for example)
.doc ==> Documentation or general text file
.txt ==> Same as ".doc"; which I use depends on moon phase more than anything
.bny ==> Binary ][
.bqy ==> Squeezed Binary ][
.shk ==> ShrinkIt

Those are what I use when uploading to local BBSs, anyway.  I think they're
pretty self-explanatory, though they may give newcomers to the Apple ][ world
fits (especially ".exe", if the newcomer came from MS-DOS! :-)

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