Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pallas!kabra437 From: kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Binary/ASCII Conversions Message-ID: <583@pallas.athenanet.com> Date: 31 Jan 91 21:27:51 GMT References: Reply-To: kabra437@pallas.UUCP (Ken Abrams) Organization: Athenanet, Inc., Springfield, Illinois Lines: 18 In article wthomps@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William R Thompson) writes: > >I am a new computer user with an IBM compat at home and wish to transfer a >binary file to ASCII. Is there a way to do this? Any help would be greatly >appreciated. Thanx in advance... > There is usually no practical application for the conversion you desire. Binary files are usually executable program instructions and ASCII files are usually readable text. Please tell us exactly what the binary file IS and why you think you want to convert it to ASCII, then maybe someone can offer some practical advice. -- ======================================================== Ken Abrams uunet!pallas!kabra437 Illinois Bell kabra437@athenanet.com Springfield (voice) 217-753-7965