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Subject: Applesoft in a 'B' file
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 14:34:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 14:34:00 1987
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Oops! Sorry I was cryptic about what happens if you EXEC the
Executioner listing of CATALOG TO LABELS OR FILE that was
posted a couple of days ago.  What occurs is the file that
appears on a DOS 3.3 disk has a file type of 'B'  HOWEVER, if
you try and BRUN it, it'll crash.

An Applesoft file (file type of 'A') is just a special case of a
binary file (one the Applesoft interpreter understands).  Unfortunately,
the Applesoft interpreter will complain if you try and RUN or LOAD
a file that has a type of 'B.'  If you can change the byte in the
DOS 3.3 directory to make CATALOG TO LABELS OR FILE an 'A' (Applesoft)
file, you'll find that it IS exactly that (an Applesoft program file).

The problem, with the way the file was posted is downloading and
EXEC'ing that file isn't sufficient to produce a usable program, and
I suspect lots of readers of the list wouldn't trouble to find a way
to alter it.

The program is but a minor modification of one I posted awhile back
anyway.  What would be more interesting would be a DOS 3.3 version of
Executioner.  Whatever was used to produce the CATALOG TO.... post
ALMOST does the job.  A debugged version of a DOS 3.3 Executioner
(that starts lines with a # or whatever) is what I'm looking for here.

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ARPA:   sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu       Murphy A. Sewall
BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM                          School of Business Admin.
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