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From: mike@DRD.Com (Mike Rovak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: DTE48 2nd upload
Summary: add line feed
Keywords: newline
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.232938.25936@DRD.Com>
Date: 11 Dec 90 23:29:38 GMT
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YEE@rcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Roger Yee) wrote:
} Hi once again,
} 
} I still cannot get this to ASC->.  This second posting is a little longer than
} the first but when I check it on the command line I get: # 8a64h and 2491.00
} instead of the D25F hex and 2508.5 as stated in the text file.
} 
} All that I did was cut out all the instructions and just left the "...." string
} and then tried to down load it.  No dice.   I then added the "typical"
} %%HP: T(3)A(D)F(.);
} before it and still no dice.  I also know for a fact that it just isn't me
} because a friend is on a SUN and did it himself and obtained the same results,
} the error of INVALID STRING.
} 
} Would some kind soul please help me out by either sending me a copy of it just
} kermit ascii uploaded or send me a working copy of the ->ASC file.
} 
} Thanks in advance,
} 
} Roger Yee (YEE@RCGL1.ENG.OHIO-STATE.EDU)

If I'm not mistaken, I recall that Dr. Wickes, the author of the program,
documented that ASC-> expects to find 60 characters per line plus a single
line feed character (ascii code 10 decimal) at the end of the line.

Character counts DO NOT include the beginning and ending string delimiter
characters (e.g., the first line juts out to the right one character on
the terminal screen).

It is therefore a mistake to make it all one continuous string without
the line feeds.  If there are carriage returns also (ascii code 13 decimal)
these SHOULD be removed, but I believe the line feeds are necessary.

-- Mike

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