Re: Problems getting Binscii to Work

[kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires )]

In <2stvoh$nuo@xmission.xmission.com> Brian Wiser <brwiser@xmission.com> writes:

>		I access internet through my macintosh and need to get Binscii over to
>my IIgs.  I have downloaded it in binary format and transferred it via
>Apple File Exchange to a prodos disk.  My GS sees the file as type $00,
>so I converted it to SYS.  Unfortunately, the program still won't work.  

>		I also downloaded a text version of Binsii that lists lines of machine
>code to type in, but I don't want to spend the rest of my life typing it
>in.  Is there a program that will read the code and convert it into a
>program?  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

With the text version, why not just add 'CALL -151' (that *is* the command
to enter the monitor through BASIC, isn't it?) as the very first line, and
then just 'EXEC' the text file. YOu'll have to figure out the BSAVE command
line, though.
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