The .BA/.DO problem again, in a new form
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 10:11, Dave Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday I posted a problem I was having getting files to transfer from > my Windows 10 PC to my T102. It looked like it was something in Windows > with new files that LaddieAlpha didn’t like and returned a FF - File not > Found. What it actually was: If I ask Teeny to load a file from the PC > directory that ended in “.BA” and it wasn’t an optimized Basic file it > returned the “FF” error. The file I was trying to load was a Basic program > in text format (not minimized). When I renamed the file from “.BA” to > “.DO” on the PC, it downloaded fine. Loading this file into Basic and > saving it as a “.BA” file gave me a usable program. > > > > Takeaway: A “.BA” file on the PC needs to be a minimized file, not a > program readable as a text file. I am not sure if I missed this in the > documentation of Laddie and Teeny but it is a two step process: taking the > text program I received from an online source and renaming it a “.DO” file, > download using Teeny the “.DO” file, start BASIC and load the “.DO” file > and save it in BASIC as a “.BA” file. > > Sorry for not learning this before I posted the question yesterday - Dave > > >
