Re: Binary files

[Rich Hare <rhare@mich.com>]

Thanks,
but these are NOT ASCII files; they're binary files.  I need some
utility which reads these binary files the same way as Apple Writer
which can then print them OUT as ASCII files.

Appreciate your help, anyway.


O Aaland wrote:
> 
> Rich Hare <rhare@mich.com> writes:
> 
> >
> >I'm helping someone convert some old Applewriter text files to MSDOS.
> >It turns out that Applewriter stored them as binary files, not ASCII.
> >I originally thought that "UtilityWorks" would import binary files, but
> >it turns out it doesn't.
> >
> >I've got a couple of ideas about how to get them to ASCII (including
> >importing them to Magic Window, which will let me write them out as text
> >files) but before I "reinvent the wheel", does anybody here have a
> >suggestion on how to convert the files from binary to ASCII?
> >
> >The rest of the process is easy for me.
> >
> >     () ()
> >Rich ('-')
> >
> 
> I use AppleWorks. Load them into the word processor as new files from an
> ASCII text file.  Name them what you want and then use the print to disk
> option to print them to the disk as ASCII files.