jbm@math.camelot.DUPONTEOP.COM (Julie B. McDonnell-Software Development) (02/14/91)
Does anyone know how I can transfer a UCSD pascal text file to an ascii file? I created the file using the Psystem at NCSU. When I look at the directory, all I get is a smiley face and a 0. Someone suggested that I print the file out to a file from within the Psystem -- does anyone know how to do that? I'm stuck! Please reply to jbm@mv.dupont.com Thanks, Julie
miller@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (Jeff Miller) (02/15/91)
Sorry for the posting -- email bounced. Julie, It has been a while since I used the p-system, but maybe I can help a little. You don't say what machine you are running the p-system on, but I presume it is an ibm-pc. When I ran the p-system on the pc, there was a special program inside the p-system that could be used to copy a file to the dos file system so that it would look like a regular ascii file. Maybe this program is what you want-- I can't remember the name, but it should be in the documentation. Here is another option that might work if you have two computers: Hook them together over their serial ports, and run kermit in dos on one. Set the session log option on, and it will automatically write out any characters it receives to a disk file. Then, go to the machine running the p-system, get in the filer, and transfer the file you want to the device called remout: (that is the serial port, if I remember the name correctly). The other machine, running kermit, will catch the characters and save them for you. There will be a few garbage characters at the beginning of each line, because of the p-system's peculiar format, but it's files are basically ascii so you will get pretty much what you want. Good luck. Try me again if you need to. Jeff Miller jomiller@ucsd.edu