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From: harryw@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Harry Wilklow III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: BINSCII upload/downloads
Keywords: BINSCII
Message-ID: <1566@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US>
Date: 24 Dec 89 05:17:49 GMT
Organization: Enterprise Information System, Marquette, MI
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   Could anyone please list the syntax for using BINSCII to me.  I finally
managed to get it off from the board (it converted very nicely to a 9 block
ProDOS bin file).  I'm not a real computer whiz, but have been reading the
boards on here for the last couple of months and realize that this is a hot
item as far as the transfers go.  From what I have seen, I assume that this
gem converts binary files to txt (ascii) format, or something of that
nature.  I guess the big queston is HOW?  Is the binary file BLOADed and
then BINSCII BRUN?  Is everything SAVED, BSAVED, or OPENed--WRITten--and
CLOSEd like a standard ascii write?  Do I have to be somewhere in the
monitor to use it?

   I have also seen a relationship here between BINSCII and ShrinkIt.  That
I have used (I have version 2.1a).  Do you guys/gals do an ascii save using
BINSCII and then splice that file into the overall upload file (with a word
processor) before sending?

   After the jubilation of getting this thing on disk (I spent about 3 days
trying to get Kermit to work, switching between DOS 3.3 and ProDOS [word
perfect] replacing these wierd ESC codes with $0D for returns, and never
did get it to work [NO BUFFERS AVAILABLE]) I can brun it to stare at a
blank screen,...  obviously I am doing something wrong...

   Any help would be appreciated.  I am using a IIc with 512K Multiram cx
board.

                                   Harry
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