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From: mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: encoded source codes
Message-ID: <473@3comvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Apr-86 19:42:43 EST
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In article <760@ccird2.UUCP> rb@ccird2.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
>There have been several public domain versions of uuencode and
>uudecode posted to net.micro, net.micro.atari and (I believe)
>net.sources.  This is the preferred format for exchanging
>atari binaries because they can be converted on the unix host
>or on the micro itself.
>
>Now that landon dyer has been so kind as to submit an atari->amiga
>translator, there are a number of atari binaries already available
>that could be used on the amiga.  All you need is the above mentioned
>uudecode.

I realize that both the ST and the Amiga use 68000 processoros, but I find 
it hard to believe that ST binaries will run on the Amiga.  The operating
systems are real different, and the Amiga hardware does things in a 
much different way than the ST.  Landon Dyer's atari->amiga translator
is great if you are writing code for the ST, using the Amiga to edit and
compile.  

I saved away the Atari-Amiga translator, but have not unpacked it yet.  I
figure it might be a uuencoded program to erase my floppies or something
(read net.sources.d for more related topics).