Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!sdcc6!sdcc13!jfowler From: jfowler@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (John C. Fowler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Comunication. Message-ID: <13464@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 22 Oct 90 17:48:32 GMT References: Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: sdcc13.ucsd.edu In article fischer@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Olivier Fischer) writes: >I am trying to transfer a basic program form a trs 80 to another. I tried >through the rs232 using the communication program but it seems that whereas a >text file will travl fine, the transfer is aborted as soon as I try with a >basic file. Any ideas ? I imagine a transfer directly via cassette or disk is out of the question? There are several ways to transfer straight binary files via the RS-232C communication board, but your terminal program might not support them directly. You could just get a better terminal program, but if all you are going to transfer is BASIC files, why bother? Assuming you're using disk BASIC, use SAVE "filename/ext.password:d",A instead of just SAVE "filename/ext.password:d" . This will save your BASIC program in ASCII format, which in the view of the terminal program, is just an ordinary text file. When you get it to your other computer, you may want to load it in and resave it in normal compressed format, to save space. Good luck! -- John C. Fowler, jfowler@ucsd.edu