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Volunteer to convert my BASICA/GWBASIC into ascii

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John Fountain, J #1 / 4	Volunteer to convert my BASICA/GWBASIC into ascii Anyone out there got BASICA/GWBASIC running ? I can't seem to find a DOS earlier than 5.0 anywhere! I need a poor volunteer who could read 2 old binary files and send them back to me in ascii. It would be greatly appreciated. _And_, if you are ever in Las Vegas, I promise to buy you a great big beer (or two). Let me know if you can help. Most humbly, (the idiot who did not keep his old DOS disks (what would I boot them on ?))
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

John Fountain, J #2 / 4	Volunteer to convert my BASICA/GWBASIC into ascii Quote: >Anyone out there got BASICA/GWBASIC running ? I can't seem to find a >DOS earlier than 5.0 anywhere! I need a poor volunteer who could read >2 old binary files and send them back to me in ascii. It would be >greatly appreciated. _And_, if you are ever in Las Vegas, I promise >to buy you a great big beer (or two). >Let me know if you can help. Most humbly, >(the idiot who did not keep his old DOS disks (what would I boot them >on ?)) I got my files converted ! Thanks to the 8 people who responded. You guys (gals) are great! In case you all were curious...I actually had two problems. 1) The files I had were binary, 2) the binary files were corrupted. Once someone told me they couldn't read them in I went to some old (read that: very darn old) backups and pulled the files back up. Then they converted fine. Again, thanks to everyone in the community. And to those that responded: The offer still stands, come to Vegas the first beer or two is on me....
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

George Weis #3 / 4	Volunteer to convert my BASICA/GWBASIC into ascii Quote: > Anyone out there got BASICA/GWBASIC running ? I can't seem to find a > DOS earlier than 5.0 anywhere! I need a poor volunteer who could read > 2 old binary files and send them back to me in ascii. It would be > greatly appreciated. _And_, if you are ever in Las Vegas, I promise > to buy you a great big beer (or two). > Let me know if you can help. Most humbly, > (the idiot who did not keep his old DOS disks (what would I boot them > on ?)) Hi... I still happen to have BASIC and BASICA from DOS ver 1.1,2.1,3.2 and also GWBASIC. I am a collector.... To run BASIC or BASICA I may have to rejuvenate one of my old 8088 systems but if you want me to try to convert some of your oldies, let me know and I'll give you an address to send them to George
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Jon A Gjerlo #4 / 4	Volunteer to convert my BASICA/GWBASIC into ascii George, John I read your letters about GWBasic assistance today. I have kept this running for special programs until lately. For curiosity I started my GWBASIC with a filedate of 01.03.87 (ddmmyy) on my Win 95 system (Dell Pentium 166). It seemed to run fine, I was able to read an old file written in bimary format in 1985 - most likely from BASICA. The program did load and run - I did not really test it, but there seems to still be compatibility. I have been running GWBASIC with some statistics programs, probably last time on my 486/66 with DOS 6.2. No problem! BASICA however is not that compatible any more. Jon G -- Jon A Gjerl?w (Gjerlow) MD Dept of Anesth, Aust-Agder Sentralsh, N-4800 Arendal, NORWAY Quote: > > Anyone out there got BASICA/GWBASIC running ? I can't seem to find a > > DOS earlier than 5.0 anywhere! I need a poor volunteer who could read > > 2 old binary files and send them back to me in ascii. It would be > > greatly appreciated. _And_, if you are ever in Las Vegas, I promise > > to buy you a great big beer (or two). > > Let me know if you can help. Most humbly, > > (the idiot who did not keep his old DOS disks (what would I boot them > > on ?)) > Hi... > I still happen to have BASIC and BASICA from DOS ver 1.1,2.1,3.2 and > also GWBASIC. I am a collector.... > To run BASIC or BASICA I may have to rejuvenate one of my old 8088 > systems but if you want me to try to convert some of your oldies, let me > know and I'll give you an address to send them to > George
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

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