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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple basic to ibm conversion
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Date: 7 Jun 89 14:46:09 GMT
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>  Does anybody know of a straighforward way to get apple basic files converted
>to text files (ascii) so they can be transfered to an ibm pc?

Someone's bound to send you the line of Applesoft to tack on at line 0
or at the very end of a program that'll do the job, but the problem with
that code is that there are programs that already use those line numbers
and you may overwrite something unless you check each one.

If you have a bunch of Applesoft to translate, download the EXECUTIONER
from LISTSERV@BROWNVM -- I don't recall the file number email the command

INDEX APPLE2-L

to LISTSERV@BROWNVM

The EXECUTIONER has an option of writing Applesoft as ASCII (it'll change
PRINT to ? in every print statement -- Applesooft recognizes that 'shorthand'
but PC Basic might not; however it's an easy enough thing to undo with an
editor).

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