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From: andrewh@dasys1.UUCP (andrew huie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: atari 8 bit to ibm pc
Summary: Translate ATASCII to ASCII
Message-ID: <9485@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 89 00:36:06 GMT
References: <318@scr1.UUCP>
Organization: The Big Electric Cat, NYC, NY
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In article <318@scr1.UUCP>, jeffs@scr1.UUCP writes:
> 
>   I need to transfer atari 8bit text files to a ibm pc.  Has anyone done
> this?  And what is the procedure to do it.
> 
> thanks in advance
> -- 

Will you be doing it over phone lines or direct computer-to-computer?  If it
is direct, you can use standard terminal programs w/ text send/capture as the
protocol (the RS232 interface (if you have one) will translate the Atari
newlines to ASCII carriage returns).  I'm also assuming you have a null modem
cable to hook up the two computers (if you ask, "What is a null modem cable"
you probably don't have one, in which case, you will have to refer to somebody
more hardware-oriented on the net about the specifics).  If you are doing it
over phone lines, you can use:
1) Text send/capture like before, but if random characters seep in, they won't
be caught.
2) Kermit 65, or another program that can transfer in kermit's ASCII (text?)
mode (assuming the PC can do kermit in the first place).
3) Xmodem, ymodem, etc., but you should translate the ATASCII newlines to
ASCII CR's before transferring.  A good word processing prog, a public domain
ATASCII to ASCII translator, or even a program you write yourself will do the
trick.


-- 
andrew huie
Big Electric Cat Public UNIX
andrewh@dasys1 ("What's all the hubbub, Bub?")