Re: can someone please help with this.

[BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

On Monday, December 3, 2012 1:55:43 PM UTC-6, Michael Hardy wrote:
> Hi I have a blackjack game with source code from nibble magazine.
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> I was wondering what the file extension is .ml, .shape and .scrn
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> is? I'm using an Windows Emulator (AppleWin) to use it. in ciderpress
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> those files are included on the .DSK how can I edit these files?
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> is there are program for editing such file types?
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> Correct me if I'm wrong but is the .scrn the graphics?
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> and when I view them in Ciderpress it says their bin files and when I click on them in the combo box it says //e monitor listing.
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> Any help would be appreciated. :)
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> Thank you

The best way to tell is to activate hires and load the files in to see if they resemble anything.  If it looks like random junk it's probably data or program code.  If it looks like a broken-up picture then it's image/tile data.  Is the ml file a plain text (machine language) file by chance?  If so you should be able to edit it with a standard text editor that is sensitive to line endings.

On another note, I remember typing that program in once upon a time.  I never got it 100% right though.  Typos in the machine code listings were so hard for me to track down back then (well, I got better after I used a ruler to keep my place.)

-B