Sam Heywood,

Here is how your "attached file, FILE_ID.DIZ is an ascii text file" came thru:

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P.S. BTW, the attached file, FILE_ID.DIZ is an ascii text file which
describes the program in Herr Muchsel's own words.

<snip>

--MIME-multipart-message-boundary-951059545
Content-Type: application/octet-stream ;name=FILE_ID.DIZ
Content-ID: arachne-namespace/C:\AMISETUP\FILE_ID.DIZ
Content-Description: File "FILE_ID.DIZ" (type application/octet-stream, size 0
KB)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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==
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The question is, why did an ASCII text file get encoded into a "base64" 
encoded format?

Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona

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