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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: SCRIPSIT
Keywords: Model II
Message-ID: <1991Jun30.031228.21790@jpradley.jpr.com>
Date: 30 Jun 91 03:12:28 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.154642.27750@dvorak.amd.com>
Organization: Unix in NYC
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In article <1991Jun17.154642.27750@dvorak.amd.com> monson@diablo.amd.com (Steve Monson) writes:
>OK, here's the scenario ... my father-in-law has an old Model II that he's
>been using for about ten years. Now he has a new spiffy IBM PC type mcahine,
>and he has a bunch of SCRIPSIT files. How can I get hold of documentation
>on the format of those files, so I can write him a conversion program for
>the PC? Our local Tandy guy wasn't too helpful (or interested, apparently).
>Is there a central Tandy number we can call which will be of some use?
>
>One real bottleneck is that he has only a single 8" floppy drive. Converting
>the files to ASCII using SCRIPSIT's utilities would be possible, but
>inordinately time-consuming. We'd have to split each file into smaller
>pieces (can you say reformat disks?) since the disk must have enough room
>for both the SCRIPSIT file and the ASCII equivalent. This can be a long and
>dreary job for about 100 floppies.
>
>I have tried transmitting the files over the phone lines to the PC, and
>all the information is there, but there are mounds of junk that come along
>too. I'd like to be able to determine what is SCRIPSIT formatting information
>and how to convert the files to readable, properly formatted ASCII on the PC.
>

The rights to the Scripsit Code were acquired by John Esak, and while he is not
putting out any new versions after the port to SCO Xenix, he might still have
some ideas for you.  

Call him at 1-800-527-GURU (he publishes "The GURU"), or write to
"root@valar.com"


Jean-Pierre Radley   Unix in NYC   jpr@jpr.com   jpradley!jpr   CIS: 72160,1341