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00000010: 72 74 69 6E 67 20 4C 41 44 53 20 42 41 53 49 43 |rting LADS BASIC|
00000020: 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 20 00 69 6E | text format .in|
00000030: 74 6F 20 61 20 67 65 6F 43 4F 50 45 20 66 6F 72 |to a geoCOPE for|
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00000060: 42 41 53 49 43 20 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 2E 20 20 |BASIC program. |
00000070: 54 68 69 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 00 6E 65 65 64 73 |This first.needs|
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00000090: 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 61 20 73 65 71 75 65 6E 74 69 | into a sequenti|
000000A0: 61 6C 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6C 65 20 00 62 65 |al text file .be|
000000B0: 66 6F 72 65 20 69 74 20 63 61 6E 20 62 65 20 69 |fore it can be i|
000000C0: 6D 70 6F 72 74 65 64 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 67 65 6F |mported into geo|
000000D0: 43 4F 50 45 2E 20 20 46 6F 6C 6C 6F 77 69 6E 67 |COPE. Following|
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000000F0: 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 20 66 6F 72 20 74 68 65 |ecessary for the|
00000100: 20 63 6F 6E 76 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 2E 00 00 20 20 | conversion... |
00000110: 20 31 2E 20 20 4C 6F 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 | 1. Load the te|
00000120: 78 74 66 69 6C 65 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 6D 65 6D 6F |xtfile into memo|
00000130: 72 79 2E 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4C 4F 41 44 20 |ry.. LOAD |
00000140: 27 46 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 27 2C 38 00 00 20 20 |'FILENAME',8.. |
00000150: 20 32 2E 20 20 4F 70 65 6E 20 61 20 73 65 71 75 | 2. Open a sequ|
00000160: 65 6E 74 69 61 6C 20 66 69 6C 65 20 74 6F 20 74 |ential file to t|
00000170: 68 65 20 64 69 73 6B 20 61 6E 64 20 73 61 76 65 |he disk and save|
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00000190: 67 27 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6F 67 72 61 |g' of the progra|
000001A0: 6D 2E 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4F 50 45 4E 20 32 |m.. OPEN 2|
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000001C0: 45 2C 53 2C 57 27 3A 43 4D 44 32 3A 4C 49 53 54 |E,S,W':CMD2:LIST|
000001D0: 00 00 20 20 20 33 2E 20 20 43 6C 6F 73 65 20 74 |.. 3. Close t|
000001E0: 68 65 20 66 69 6C 65 2E 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 50 |he file.. P|
000001F0: 52 49 4E 54 20 23 32 3A 43 4C 4F 53 45 32 00 00 |RINT #2:CLOSE2..|
00000200: 4E 6F 77 20 79 6F 75 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 68 61 76 |Now you will hav|
00000210: 65 20 61 20 73 65 71 75 65 6E 74 69 61 6C 20 66 |e a sequential f|
00000220: 69 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 79 6F 75 72 20 70 72 6F 67 |ile of your prog|
00000230: 72 61 6D 20 6F 6E 00 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 6B 2E |ram on.the disk.|
00000240: 20 20 55 73 65 20 54 72 61 6E 73 54 65 78 74 20 | Use TransText |
00000250: 74 6F 20 63 6F 6E 76 65 72 74 20 69 74 20 69 6E |to convert it in|
00000260: 74 6F 20 61 20 67 65 6F 43 4F 50 45 20 00 74 65 |to a geoCOPE .te|
00000270: 78 74 20 66 69 6C 65 2E 20 20 55 73 65 20 74 68 |xt file. Use th|
00000280: 65 20 41 53 43 49 49 20 46 4F 52 4D 2E 00 00 00 |e ASCII FORM....|
.METHOD OF CONVERTING LADS BASIC TEXT FO
RMAT .INTO A GEOCOPE FORMAT...LADS SAVES
IT'S FILE AS A BASIC PROGRAM. THIS FIR
ST.NEEDS TO BE CONVERTED INTO A SEQUENTI
AL TEXT FILE .BEFORE IT CAN BE IMPORTED
INTO GEOCOPE. FOLLOWING.ARE THE STEPS N
ECESSARY FOR THE CONVERSION... 1. LOA
D THE TEXTFILE INTO MEMORY.. LOAD
'FILENAME',8.. 2. OPEN A SEQUENTIAL F
ILE TO THE DISK AND SAVE. A 'LISTIN
G' OF THE PROGRAM.. OPEN 2,8,2,'SE
QFILENAME,S,W':CMD2:LIST.. 3. CLOSE T
HE FILE.. PRINT #2:CLOSE2..NOW YOU
WILL HAVE A SEQUENTIAL FILE OF YOUR PROG
RAM ON.THE DISK. USE TRANSTEXT TO CONVE
RT IT INTO A GEOCOPE .TEXT FILE. USE TH
E ASCII FORM....
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