[Coco] Coco BASIC files

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William,


--- Willard Goosey <goosey at virgo.sdc.org> wrote:
(snip)
> You may have end-of-line problems.  Both Color BASIC and OS-9 use
> carriage return, control-m, ascii $0D, as EOL.  DOS/Windoze uses
> linefeed and carriage return, ^j^m as EOL.  If your ASCII BASIC got
> saved as a DOS text file at some point, this would be a problem. If it
> got saved on a UNIX box, you've got real trouble, 'cause they use bare
> linefeeds.  


Ah, I see.


> The other thing I can think of is that BASIC needs the ASCII/Binary
> flag and the file type set correctly.  Tokenized BASIC should be type
> 0, binary.  ASCII BASIC can be type 0 or 3, ASCII.  Type 1, BASIC
> data, may also work.
> For reference:
> 0   BASIC program
> 1   BASIC data file
> 2   machine-language file
> 3   text file


How would I set the flags on the BASIC files in question?  Do I need I hex
editor?

Sincerely,
David