[Coco] Sock Master Demos

[Robert Gault]

arikboke at yahoo.com wrote:

> Folks, I apologize for the unintentional "spam" :)
> 
> Robert, as you point out, the .BIN files are working just fine.  It is just the
> .BAS loaders for the .BIN files for Demo2, Hicolor, etc., that are problematic.
>  These ".BAS" files do indeed seem to be saved in binary format since they can
> be LOADM-ed and EXEC-ed (although the screen turns into chaos afterwards).
> 
> I initially got confused because some of the .BAS files are stated to be
> "binary BASIC", so I thought their binary status was OK.  Many posters have
> sinced explained to me about the TOKENIZED BINARY BASIC files as opposed to the
> straight ASCII BASIC files.  Now, I do understand why the (corrupt) ASCII BASIC
> loaders won't work, but why don't the BINARY BASIC files work?  Is there
> something else going on?
> 
> As far as the transfer utility, I have been using the download features for
> both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firebird (WinXP versions).  If these
> download options are in fact deficient, what should I use to properly download
> BASIC (and other) files to keep their native formats intact?  Thanks for the
> help!
> 
> Sincerely,
> David
> 
> 
> 
> --- Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
>>David,
>>
>>Please send things like disk images by personal e-mail and not to the 
>>maltedmedia list. Most readers won't want the added traffic.
>>
>>It is easy to see what went wrong by examining track 17, sectors 3-x. 
>>The transfer utility you used, marked all files as binary regardless of 
>>their nature. The .BAS files gave FM errors because of this.
>>
>>It is important to give files the correct file types during transfers; 
>>Basic tokenized, Basic ascii, binary, text editor, data. If you make a 
>>mistake you have two choices; 1) recreate the disk, 2) use a disk editor 
>>to set the correct file types.
>>
>>I'll send you back the disks patched for correct file types.
> 
> 
Binary Basic files are not binary files, they are tokenized files. That 
means Disk Basic expects to see a $00 for the file type not a $02 on the 
directory tracks. Since these files may contain byte values outside the 
normal ascii set, your browser should download them as binary not text 
files. That means use your "save as" feature to download; right click on 
link.