User`s guide

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From: Rubywand
027- How can I move AppleSoft BASIC programs to Quick
BASIC on my PC?
Transferring Applesoft programs on an Apple II to QBASIC, GW-BASIC, etc. on
the PC is mainly a matter of moving a text copy of the program to the PC. (To
make a text copy of an Apple II program, you LIST the program to a Text file.
See Q&A 017 above.)
On the PC, you bring the A2 program text into your BASIC editor. BASICs
available on a PC are not 100% compatible with Applesoft. Once you can list the
Applesoft program on the PC under QBASIC (or whatever), you will, almost
certainly, need to modify it.
It will be necessary to replace some Applesoft commands with their PC BASIC
equivalents. Some commands are very similar but differ slightly in syntax; and
you are likely to find that some conventions, such as the numerical value of
"True" from boolean tests, are different.
The more an Applesoft program is "pure BASIC", the easier it will be to get
it working on a PC. Programs which employ lots of PEEKs and POKEs, do monitor
CALLs, and access other features specific to the Apple II will be more
troublesome.
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From: Rubywand
028- How can I read .doc files under Windows?
Quite a lot of information on Apple II websites, other sites, and on-disk
is in .doc files. However, the .doc file format allows including pictures, which
can lead to hacker vulnerability. Once this was discovered by Microsoft updates
to XP switched OFF the legacy converters which allow reading and editing .doc
files via such handy apps as WordPad.
Under ME and other early versions of Windows, there should be no problem
reading .doc files. Otherwise, reading and editing .doc files could be a real
chore.
Microsoft eventually suppied info for modifying a registry entry by hand to
turn the converters back ON. Even better, someone at
http://helpdesk.graniteschools.org came up with a simple script you can execute
to do the job. The website is no longer active; but, the script file with a
directions file is available from GS WorldView's Archive. There's also a file to
flip the converters back OFF.
Go to http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Utils/ and download these files:
EnableLegacyConverters_ON.txt
EnableLegacyConverters_OFF.txt
EnableLegacyConverters-forReadingDocFiles_Directions.txt