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- From: grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: I can't EXEC binscii.txt. Why??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.144656.19181@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 14:46:56 GMT
- References: <1gmkvnINNgt7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: Eastern Michigan University
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- In article <1gmkvnINNgt7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cd248@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard Sherman) writes:
- >
- >I downloaded binscii.txt from cco.caltech.edu and followed the
- >instructions and I can't seem to get it to work. I get the text
- >file on my computer and it looks OK when I bring it up on a text
- >editor but it won't EXEC properly. I get a bunch of syntax errors
- >and end up with the ']' prompt again instead of the promised status
- >bar. I doesn't give me another file either.
-
- You probably have the same problem that I had: The file has Linefeeds
- (Control-J) as line terminators, instead of regular carraige returns
- (Control-M). Unix and Apple text files don't seem to mix well.
-
- The easiest way to fix this is to run the file through a word processor
- or some 'LF Strip' type of program before trying to EXEC it.
-
- Gee, this is about the 4th time I've seen this problem. Perhaps it
- belongs in the FAQ.
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