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Re: Recover damaged files - BPI Accounting



Graham writes ...

> 
> We have been using the BPI accounting program on our Apple 2e for many
> years. However, we currently have a problem in that a temporary helper
> wrote on our back-up disk with a ball point - this damaged part of one
> file.
>
> In an attempt to fix the problem, I used Universal File Converter to
> convert the file to CPM. I then edited the errors out with Wordstar in
> non-document mode and saved the file. I then converted the file back yo
> DOS. This seemed to work, but the file ended up as a Binary (B) type
> file instead of "T". Is there any way to simple change the file from
> type "B" to "T"?
> ....

     There is a program called "TYPE.CHANGER". ProSel lets you change file 
type, too.


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