Re: text file not mac text

[cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com>]

In article <1g159yx.gca1iy18of728N%spam@luddite.ca>,
 spam@luddite.ca (Ned Ludd) wrote:

> cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > please remind me of the difference. An 8-bit  prog. I have needs ASCII
> > text. if I save a file as TEXT or simpletext on a mac, it isnt accepted.
> > I remember 'forked files' but no details......
> > 
> > Is there a II utilty to 'convert' a mac text file to acceptable II ascii
> > text?

I cant figure out how to get unforkit from my iMac to my IIc+ but I did 
find something on the Mac side tht I think will work - here is part of 
the readme file:

 
puriTEXT 1.3 (April 25, 1997)
Copyright �1994-1997 Mizutori Tetsuya
This program is freeware.

About the puriTEXT program
This is an application program that deletes the resource fork of 
Macintosh document files. The operation is simple. Just drag and drop 
the document files onto the puriTEXT application icon. The program is 
written under the Metrowerks� C++ application framework of PowerPlant.