Hi John, As Bob said, the .BA files on Club100 are almost all in normal ASCII text format; you might want to rename them with a .txt or .do extension on the Windows side and they *must* have a .do extension on the M100 side. If you open them in Notepad you should be able to read them; in the unlikely event that you see a bunch of indecipherable letters and symbols then it really is a tokenized (.BA) file and transferring is a little more complicated
If your null-modem cable arrangement is correct, it should be straightforward to transfer files back and forth; check this out: http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=Text_File_Transfer_using_Hyperterminal and let us know how you make out (you can use any Windows-compatible terminal program (e.g. PuTTY, TeraTerm etc.) if you can't find a free copy of Hyperterm): There are other ways but that should get you started; you might check out some of the other stuff on bitchin100 while you're there. Good luck! mike ----- Original Message ----- From: John Martin To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2016 7:02 PM Subject: [M100] M100 list question I have a TRS 80 Model 100. Usually I use the BASIC application build in on the Model 100 to type BASIC programs and then save them on the Model 100. There are many files in .BA at Rick Hanson's Club100 website. But I have a toshiba laptop running Windows 10. I download the .BA files to my laptop. The question I have to ask. How can I convert the .BA file saved in my download folder in Windows 10 to be transferred to the Model 100? I do not want to type the .BA program in Microsoft Word and save it as a .doc file. I do have a cable with null modem adapter. But I do not have the expertise or any instructions on how to do this. I just want to know how to transfer a Model 100 .BA file from Windows 10 to the Model 100. John Martin
