Msg: 5620 *Conference*
01-03-95 22:05:31
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : JOSEPH GROVE
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #5617 (EXTENSIONS)
There are several ways to turn a .DO into its .BA. Here are a few examples: If the .DO is about 1/2 of RAM or less, you can call it into BASIC, directly. LOAD"filename.do" <enter> - then - SAVE"filename.ba" <enter> If the .DO file is very large, then you have multiple options... 1) Use DO2BA.BA from the (7)Utilities category in the library (there are 100 and 200 versions). DO2BA will read in the .DO file, write the .BA file, and delete the .DO file as it goes. It's great! 2) Save the .DO to tape, then CLOAD"filename" it directly into BASIC from within BASIC. Once loaded, SAVE"filename.ba" for a RAM file. 3) If you have TS-DOS you can save it to disk as a .DO file, turn the DOS-On, then LOAD"R:filename.do it directly into BASIC from within BASIC. Once loaded, SAVE"filename.ba" for a RAM file. 4) If you save your .DO file to another computer via a communications program, you simply read it back from that computer directly into BASIC, e.g., for a 300 baud load you would type the command LOAD"COM:38N1E" <enter> then send the ASCII (.DO) file from the other computer at 300 baud, 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit. Don't push beyond 600 baud when loading directly into BASIC. The interpreter can't keep up. 5) If the program is on paper, you can either key it into the Model T, directly, or ... scan it into a DOS or Mac computer via a scanner ... this becomes a graphic file ... use an OCR program to convert the graphic to ASCII ... clean up the OCR since it's never 100% correct ... then load it into your Model T. See?! It's easy... -Rick-