Re: IIe -> mac data transfer

["Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:48:26 +0000, Quartz wrote:

>> It is likely that the text
>> he is trying to find is stored as word processor files for the writer's
>> favorite word processor, and using that word processor will be the
>> easiest and most direct way to examine the files, as well as to
>> convert them to ASCII to be used on a more modern system.
> 
> augh. I thought IIe's did stuff in ascii... how do I tell what program 
> wrote these files and what format they're in? they seem to be listed as 
> generic text files when I do a CATALOG.

They might be ASCII text where the high bit of every byte is set.