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From: hackeron@athena.mit.edu (Harris L Gilliam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Amiga <=> C64/128 Transferring ???
Message-ID: <11437@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Date: 15 May 89 05:01:07 GMT
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In article <111600007@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> glc10686@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>I am looking for a program that will convert a BASIC program file to an
>ascii form on the C64/128.  My hope is to convert a couple of BASIC 
>programs over to an ascii form so that I can transfer them over to my 
>Amiga.  Also, does anyone have pinouts for a direct connection between
>the two machines.  I won't have access to a modem for the my 128 after
>another week.  Thanks.


Hmm...  A simply way to convert 64/128 progs to ascii is to list them to disk:

open 1,8,0,"0:filename,s,w"

cmd 1

list

print# 1

close 1

This puts the program (line numbers and all) into a sequential file.
Note however that the file will be in Commodore acsii and not your
standard 128 code ascii so you might want to write a small prog to
convert it.  As for direct 64/128 to amiga connections thats not
possible unless you get a rs232 interface (or build one) for the
64/128 side because the 64/128 doesn't use the standard ibm flavor
rs232 interface.  The voltages on the pins are different so direct
connect null modems have to be via a rs232 interface. See the other
articles in comp.sys.cbm about rs232 iterfaces for more info.



							----Harris





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