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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II compatible pack/unpack src pgm?
Message-ID: <14549@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 21 Nov 90 16:24:23 GMT
References: <9011211229.AA29386@lilac.berkeley.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <9011211229.AA29386@lilac.berkeley.edu> lwv27@CAS.BITNET writes:
>Either a .system type program, or an Applesoft program is likely
>to be the most portable.
>While someone is at it, a similar type thing for uuencode/uudecode
>would probably be useful until a Unix/MSDOS/VMS/other version of
>a BINSCII encoder is available.

I have both of these on my "to do" list.  The AppleSoft version is
not needed yet, since there hasn't been anything other than archivers
and UNIX-based code posted at this point, all of which so far require
that the user have a C environment, but you're right about the need
for a version that Apple IIs without a viable C environment can use.

The sources newsgroup was not expected to have any binaries posted
to it, thus no need for uuencode/uudecode.  However, there may be a
SLIGHT use for those in cases such as an Apple II emulator, where
some of the associated data files simply MUST be provided in binary
form.  This is discouraged unless absolutely necessary..