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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: BLU
Message-ID: <35377@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 89 03:26:24 GMT
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In article <366@orchid.waterloo.edu> mrharrison@orchid.waterloo.edu (Mike Harrison) writes:
>Does anyone know where I can get (or ftp to) to get a copy of BLU that will
>work on an Apple IIgs? All I have now is something called blu6502 which
>is really two basic programs which don't recognize file type $BF as Binary
>II. $BF is what I get when I download a Binary II file using Kermit on the
>Unix end and Proterm with Kermit protocol on my end. Is this correct?

Binary II files are generally identified by the data inside at the beginning,
rather than by their file type.  Your BASIC program is probably looking for
files with type $06 (sometimes called "BIN").  $BF is definitely a weird
filetype for them to have; set Kermit to download to TXT or BIN files instead.

If you already have lots of $BF files, either change their types or change
your BASIC program to load them (look for a line like  PRINT CHR$(4);"BLOAD";
A$  and change it to PRINT CHR$(4);"BLOAD";A$;",T$BF").
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