Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!bradley.bradley.edu!pallas!kabra437 From: kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Binary/ASCII Conversions Message-ID: <591@pallas.athenanet.com> Date: 4 Feb 91 22:52:12 GMT References: <583@pallas.athenanet.com> <1991Feb1.124637.10807@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Reply-To: kabra437@pallas.UUCP (Ken Abrams) Organization: Athenanet, Inc., Springfield, Illinois Lines: 24 In article <1991Feb1.124637.10807@en.ecn.purdue.edu> lroberts@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Larry S Roberts) 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 >>> >>There is usually no practical application for the conversion you desire. > >Yes there is a practical application for this conversion, it is called >uuencode and uudecode for the pc (adapted from a unix utility). I think it OK, guys. You got me. I give up. The operative phrase in the first post was "new computer user" and the key word in my reply was "usually". I thought this user's question was somewhat more basic than preparing something to transfer via mail. Excuse me for thinking ;-). I DO hope we hear from the original poster again. I would very much like to know what prompted his post in the first place. I have even received flames by mail for my inept answer! -- ======================================================== Ken Abrams uunet!pallas!kabra437 Illinois Bell kabra437@athenanet.com Springfield (voice) 217-753-7965