.bas

[stalkingwolf]

i have a group of files that were created in GWBasic. I need to know
how to import them to GWBasic or convert them to some form of text file.

can Any one help?

[stalkingwolf]

any one ? Help?

[lukeiamyourfather]

i have a group of files that were created in GWBasic. I need to know
how to import them to GWBasic or convert them to some form of text file.

can Any one help?

The .bas files are plain text files. Just open them in a text editor like gedit or nano. Maybe I don't understand your question?

[stalkingwolf]

gedit doesnt recognise the character encoding

[stalkingwolf]

gedit doesnt recognise the character encoding

[lukeiamyourfather]

gedit doesnt recognise the character encoding

If you haven't run these yet can you run the commands and post the output of them?

file yourFileHere.bas

head yourFileHere.bas

[lisati]

If memory serves correctly, GWBasic files are stored in tokenised form by default. You might need to look around for a tool to convert them to ASCII (plain text), which is what I think the OP was asking about.

[SevenMachines]

GWBasic .bas files are binary format by default, don't know if theres a non-emulation way to go about converting them but..

*Download GWBasic http://www.gw-basic.com/downloads.html and extract

* start in dosbox
$ dosbox GWBASIC.EXE

* In dosbox/GWBasic load the file
load "MYFILE.BAS"

* and then save to ascii
save "MYFILE.TXT",a

[stalkingwolf]

tried ORBIT.BAS and ORBIT.BAS and it returned illegal command

[stalkingwolf]

im getting no such file to both commands.






update. i feel really stupid. i discovered that all variations of word programs, ms office word, Oo writer and Lowriter will open them. wont know if its what he wants til tomorrow. I would like to figure out what im doing wrong with dosbox and GWBASIC .