15 July 1990

   This program will convert AmigaDos textfiles to MS Dos readable
   textfiles.  It was written in C and compiled with Lattice v5.4

   If you are a Sysop who makes textfiles available to
   your users you may have heard some of your IBM people scream about
   not being able to read the files.

   You must launch the program from the CLI with the command:

   CONVERT path/filename  

   Where filename is the file you want to convert.

   If you just type CONVERT you will be given a template anyway so don't 
   worry about remembering how to launch it.

   I have to 'fess up.  I wrote the little ARexx program which does
   the same thing but it is entirely too slow.  I felt obligated, since
   that program is now in the public domain, to make ammends.
   This program is at least 20 times faster than its ARexx equivalent.

   There is really nothing mysterious about what has to be done
   to enable our good IBM friends to read our significantly more
   efficient text files.  MS Dos needs to see a Control-M or RETURN
   or CHR$(13) (pick your poison) at the end of each line.  AmigaDos
   doesn't need such things so, naturally, it doesn't put them there.

   The program simply reads each line of a text file and appends
   a RETURN character to the end of each line.  It doesn't hurt the
   readability of the file from the Amiga standpoint but it must be
   there for those wonderful IBM's.

   I put this program in my C: directory since I have so many alias
   assignments that my Shell-Startup is getting rather long.  
   
   If you are not situated in the directory where your 'to-be-converted'
   file resides then you must include the path for the thing to work
   properly (as usual).  The program will write a new file which is named
   'filename.CVT' where filename is the name of your source file.

   Forgive the slightly esoteric nature of this document but I am
   sure that your SysOp status includes a relatively high degree of
   familiarity with the Amiga and its magnificent operating system.

   I offer this program to any who find it useful absolutely free of
   charge.  I must say, however, that this apparent incompatibility
   between IBM and Amiga had me seriously perplexed for quite a long
   time.  My nose was a little bent because of the industry-wide
   use of the IBM over the obviously superior Amiga so I was reluctant
   to ASK any IBM folks what they thought the problem might have been.

   
   W.C. (Bill) Bowling
   The Mechanical Engineers' BBS
   Simi Valley, CA
   805-522-4435

   Give me a call.  I have quite a few IBM files and am willing to
   do swaps.  All PD, Shareware or personally developed stuff only.