BinSCII
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Latest revision as of 04:09, 28 December 2023
BinSCII is a binary-to-text transfer-encoding utility and format, designed for use on Apple II systems. It was developed by Todd Whitesel.
It encodes a file (its contents, and some metadata) to ASCII text suitable for inclusion in an email, etc., or archival on a foreign system.
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[edit] Identification
Encoded data is introduced by a line consisting of "FiLeStArTfIlEsTaRt".
[edit] Specifications
- binscii.5 - Unofficial format spec., from BSC (for Unix) v1.2 (plain text version)
[edit] Software
- sciibin, by Marcel J.E. Mol (C source code)
- v2.00 and 3.10
- v3.10: [1] → sciibin-3.1.tar.Z
- BSC (for Unix), by Neil Parker (C source code) (write-only)
- Unbinscii (Ruby script)
- binscii.js
- binscii.exe (text file that includes a BASIC program)
- Deark
[edit] Sample files
- FTP Site: UMICH Software Archive → .../*.{bsc,bsq}
- dexvert samples — archive/binscii
