----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Remy" <[email protected]> To: "Model 100 Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Question about TS-DOS/Desklink loaded files corrupted
> I'm in the process of converting some of the programs from .DO to .BA > via load from TS-DOS, LOAD .DO, SAVE .BA, save back to TS-DOS. Am I > doing this the completely hard way? > > Thanks! > ~Joe Probably ;-) First of all it isn't really necessary to convert them anyway, as long as you rename the (plaintext!) .BA files to .DO; note that some .BA files really are tokenized .BA files and should be left alone. The advantage of .BA files is that they are smaller and load faster, the disadvantage is that you can no longer read them in a text editor or transfer them with a text-only program (e.g. TELCOM). Second, if you do want to convert them manually it will be much faster if you use the most excellent VT emulator and do it on a (presumably much faster) PC, without the back and forth TS-DOS transfer. Note that the ModelT will load a .DO file by default if it does not find a .BA file, and the save default is .BA. Thus, LOAD "FILENM, SAVE "FILENM (without extensions) is all you need. Third, there are standalone programs to convert .DO >> .BA (and .BA >> .DO) on a (DOS/WIN) PC, either individually or in batch mode. One such program is ENTOKE(B).EXE in my member upload folder on Club100; IIRC it has a little bug that affects around one in 50 programs, but since at the time it was decided that it would be better instead to modify the TS-DOS servers to handle the issue I never took the time to fix it. I'll leave it for you ;-) Finally, which files are you converting? At one time it was planned to convert all the files on the Club100 site and most of the files were indeed converted; unfortunately the fellow who had volunteered to update the web site never followed through. Have fun! m
