If you have a .do file and you load it from basic, if you save it, it will save as a .ba file. Or am I completely not remembering how this works?
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Ron Lauzon <[email protected]> wrote: > Ya, that's what I want to do. The .ba I want to write was originally > read from the same box. So I know it's a valid .ba file. > > I just don't know how "special" they are (sort of like the > restrictions on the .co files). > > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 5:30 PM, MikeS <[email protected]> wrote: > > Assuming that a .BA file is really what you want and depending on the > details of your project maybe you could write a .DO file and then convert > it, perhaps using the keyboard buffer? > > > > m > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ron Lauzon" <[email protected]> > > To: "Model 100 Discussion" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2017 5:25 PM > > Subject: Re: [M100] Writing to a .ba file > > > > > >> That's what I figured. Oh, well. One more limit as to what project > can do. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Ken Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi Ron, > >>> > >>> TS-DOS and Teeny can do it because they are assembly programs, not > BASIC > >>> programs. From BASIC, you can only open .DO (ASCII Text) files. > >>> > >>> Ken > >>> > >>> On 4/6/17 1:09 PM, Ron Lauzon wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Can anyone point me to information about how to open a .ba file for > >>>> writing? > >>>> > >>>> My latest project is rather successful, but when I try to > >>>> > >>>> open "file.ba" for output as #1 > >>>> > >>>> I get an error. Based on the research I've done so far, writing to a > >>>> .ba file is not something that they want you to do, but I know it can > >>>> be done (because TS-DOS and Teeny can do it). > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Ron Lauzon - rlauzon at acm dot org > >> Homepage: http://webpages.charter.net/rlauzon/ > >> Weblog: http://ronsapartment.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> DNRC: Lord of All Things That Are Fattening > >> > >> "To be sure, conservative radio talk show hosts have a built-in > >> audience unavailable to liberals: People driving cars to some > >> sort of job." - Ann Coulter > >> > >> Microsoft Free since July 06, 2001 > >> Running Ubuntu 16.04 > > > > -- > Ron Lauzon - rlauzon at acm dot org > Homepage: http://webpages.charter.net/rlauzon/ > Weblog: http://ronsapartment.blogspot.com/ > > DNRC: Lord of All Things That Are Fattening > > "To be sure, conservative radio talk show hosts have a built-in > audience unavailable to liberals: People driving cars to some > sort of job." - Ann Coulter > > Microsoft Free since July 06, 2001 > Running Ubuntu 16.04 >
