Msg: 5077 *Conference*

05-17-94 22:38:36

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : CHRIS BARNES

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #5076 (XMODEM TRANSFER)

Chris: Since you are using xmodem protocol (TPTERM), when downloading .BA files
from this bbs, make sure the extension on your end is .DO, not .BA.  With few
exceptions all .BA listed files on this bbs are actually in ASCII
(.DO)--character codes 00 - 127.

Once you have the .DO file of BASIC code in your Model T, go into BASIC and do
a LOAD"filename.do" <enter>, wait for the wait light to stop blinking, then do
a SAVE"filename.ba" <enter> to save the file in its tokenized format--a true
.BA file.

On other bbses, .BA files must be downloaded with xmodem protocol and the
extension kept as .BA since a tokenized .BA file contains 8th bit high
character codes (128 - 255).  So, to respond to your question, .BA files "are"
coded.  ASCII .DO files are not.  -Rick-