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FILE INFORMATION
FILENAME(S): CONVERT INFO
FILE TYPE(S): SEQ, DEL
FILE SIZE: 1.9K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-10-19 22:48:37
APPEARS ON: 3 disk(s)
FILE HASH
b2e4ed486ff93710c254f7598eddaddbaaf4992d93e01885951e2c0e2c067186
FOUND ON DISKS (3 DISKS)
| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOS FORUM | CONVERT INFO | SEQ | Radd Maxx | 20 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| QLINK GEOS 1 | CONVERT INFO | DEL | Radd Maxx | 20 | 1 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| QLINK GEOS 1 | CONVERT INFO | SEQ | Radd Maxx | 25 | 0 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS
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FILE: CONVERT (R52) F
ROM: GEOS MIKE 09/15/86 S#: 28211
.PRESENTLY, QLINK CAN ONLY
UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD NON-GEOS FILES. CON
VERT CHANGES A GEOS FILE INTO A C64 SEQU
ENTIAL FILE WHICH CAN BE UPLOADED/DOWNLO
ADED TO/FROM Q-LINK. TO UPLOAD A FILE TO
Q-LINK, YOU USE CONVERT TO CHANGE IT IN
TO A C64 SEQUENTIAL FILE AND THEN IT WIL
L UPLOAD NORMALLY. WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD A
GEOS FILE FROM Q-LINK YOU WILL HAVE TO C
HANGE IT BACK INTO A GEOS FILE WITH CONV
ERT ALSO. ..THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO
DOWNLOAD THE CONVERT PROGRAM FROM Q-LINK
AND COPY IT TO A GEOS DISK. ..NEXT, IF
YOU DOUBLE CLICK ON THE CONVERT PROGRAM
IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE ITSELF INTO
A GEOS APPLICATION. YOUR SCREEN WILL FL
IP INTO BASIC AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REBOO
T. (SORRY ABOUT THE REBOOT, BUT YOU WIL
L ONLY HAVE TO THIS ONCE. THE TRICKY PA
RT WAS FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET CONVERT,
A GEOS PROGRAM, DOWNLOADED AND THEN CONV
ERTED BACK INTO A GEOS FILE. IT HAD TO D
O IT ITSELF!) ..USING CONVERT IS EASY.
JUST DOUBLE CLICK ON IT AND CHOOSE THE C
ONVERT MENU. CHOOSE TO CONVERT A FILE F
ROM GEOS TO THE C64 SEQ FILE. THE CONVER
T PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU WHAT TYPE OF FILE
TO CONVERT. A DIALOG BOX WILL POP UP A
ND YOU MAY CHOOSE OPEN TO CONVERT THE FI
LE. NOTE: CONVERT WILL NOT COPY THE FI
LE AND THEN CONVERT IT. IT WILL CONVERT
THE FILE THAT IS THERE. AFTER YOU'VE CO
NVERTED THE FILE, CHOOSE QUIT FROM THE F
ILE MENU. YOU MAY NOW UPLOAD THE FILE.
THE ICON FOR THE FILE SHOULD HAVE CHANGE
D TO THE C64 ICON. ..TO CONVERT A FILE B
ACK INTO A GEOS FILE, USE THE SIMILAR PR
OCEDURE BUT SELECT THE MENU ITEM FOR CON
VERTING FROM A SEQ FILE TO A GEOS FILE.
..PRESENTLY YOU MAY NOT UPLOAD APPLICATI
ON FILES. THE REASON FOR THIS TO DISCOU
RAGE PIRACY OF GEOS APPLICATIONS. THE O
NLY GEOS APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ARE GEOW
RITE AND GEOPAINT WHICH EVERYBODY HAS. E
VENTUALLY USERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD
AND DOWNLOAD THEIR OWN SOFTWARE. ..HAVE
FUN, GEOS MIKE ....
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