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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: 8 Jun 89 13:45:29 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?
>
>Well yes.  On an Apple you can change fileytypes.  I am not sure on how to
>do it....but I know that you can.

There are programs on APPLE2-L for both ProDOS and DOS 3.3 which change
filetypes.  HOWEVER, changing an Applesoft file to 'T' or 'TXT' won't help
a whole lot because Applesoft files are "tokenized" (many common operators
such as 'PRINT' are stored as single binary characters -- tokens).  While
an Applesoft file isn't entirely a binary file, it's not a text file either
-- sort of a hybrid for lack of better jargon.

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