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convert basic
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tHIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT
A basic LISTING (ascii) INTO A RUNNABLE
(TOKENIZED) basic PROGRAM. lISTINGS
ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND ON bbs'S. tHEY
ARE STORED AS ascii INSTEAD OF BINARY
(TOKENIZED) AS A WAY TO MAKE THEM MORE
PORTABLE BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.
bEFORE MAKING THIS SELECTION, YOU MUST
HAVE A basic LISTING IN THE BUFFER.
yOU CAN GET A LISTING INTO THE BUFFER
EITHER BY DOWNLOADING TO THE BUFFER OR
BY LOADING THE FILE FROM DISK.
oNCE THE FILE IS IN THE BUFFER, PRESS
THE 'b' KEY UNTIL 'convert basic' IS
HIGHLIGHTED AND HIT 'return'. yOU
SHOULD SEE EACH LINE OF THE PROGRAM
APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AS IT
IS TOKENIZED. wHEN THE PROCESS IS
COMPLETED, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A
FILE NAME.
convert basic
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eNTER A FILE NAME AND HIT 'return'.
tHE PROGRAM WILL BE SAVED TO DISK AND
YOU'LL BE RETURNED TO THE menu SCREEN.
note: iF THE PROGRAM WASN'T ORIGINALLY
WRITTEN FOR A cOMMODORE COMPUTER, IT
MAY CONTAIN SOME basic STATEMENTS NOT
RECOGNIZED BY YOUR COMPUTER. tHIS MAY
RESULT IN AN ERROR CONDITION WHICH MAY
TERMINATE THE CONVERSION AND DESTROY
THE FILE. tO AVOID THIS YOU SHOULD
USE THE editor TO DELETE OR CHANGE ANY
UNUSUAL basicáSTATEMENTS. iT'S ALSO A
GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A COPY
OF THE ORIGINAL FILE ON DISK.