Re: Can anyone extract Forth source from "f83x.sou" files?

[drsmooth@baldcom.net (Edhel Iaur)]

"Bruce R. McFarling" <ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au> wrote:

>	On the main forth archive, at the http://taygeta.com site,
>there is a directory in the Forth ftp archives for "apple2" files,
>and on the site are two files, "f83x.sou" and "f83x.uti".  This is
>supposed to be a 6502-based extended version of the F83 system.
>I had been told by someone a while back that they were Apple2
>disk images -- all I know is that I don't know how to get at the
>source code that is apperently stored in "f83x.sou".
>	How would a "disk image" be stored?  How would I know
>that that is what it really is?  And does anybody think they
>might be able to translate the files into a more accessible
>form?

There is a file called "decomp.bqy" in the same directory.  BINSCII
and/or ShrinkIt can be used to extract .BQY's, I think (maybe ya gotta
use both?)  Maybe this file DECOMPresses those odd files?
--
===================================================================
-=37th Wisest Wizard Edhel Iaur=-              -=APPLE // FOREVER=-
GC 3.0: GCS/AT d- s-: a--- C++ U->+++ P L E W+ N++ K- w+@ O? M+@ V?
         PS@ PE Y+@ PGP? t+ 5? X- R+@ tv b++ DI+ D- G e h!>++ r-- y
*For info on the Geek Code(C) v3.12 standards, Netscape yourself to
         http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~hayden/geek.html
"My dependable Dell computer never cras
===================================================================