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From: c9037544@cc.newcastle.edu.au (David Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Reading SEQ files
Message-ID: <9683.27d224a1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
Date: 4 Mar 91 00:42:41 GMT
References: <13324@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1991Feb27.213545.18354@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <9678.27cd0f47@cc.newcastle.edu.au> <1991Mar03.070459.27936@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
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> | > The problem is, SEQ files can't be loaded like PRG files can.
> 
> | Actually, it is possible. When using the SAVE and LOAD commands, just
> | inserting a ,s before the end quote in the filename will specify a SEQ file
> | rather than a PRG file. A USR file can be specified by using ,u. This could
> | be used a small way of protecting your programs from others, perhaps.
> 
> That can be done as long as the file contains program data.  If the purpose
> is to read the contents of a sequential file as text, loading "file,s" will
> get it into memory but won't be a good way to read it!
> And if you try to load it and list it, every PETSCII capital in the file will
> get expanded into whatever BASIC keyword uses that value as its token.
> What David Williams brought up can be done, but I don't think it's useful for
> the original poster's intentions.
> (I've responded in this thread to two other people who share my first name,
> and their last initials are my first two initials.  Curious.)

Yes, you are completely correct - I did not look at the question properly, not
having much time that day.
There does seem to be a few David W's around, still, I happen to think that its
a pretty good name to have, don't you agree?!
What I would like to know though, is why it took so long for someone to respond
to my posting - I am not saying this as I am vain, but to see if it because
there is quite some time before a posting from Australia will get to the
outside world? We recieve yours within only a short time of being posted.

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