Date   : Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:28:20 GMT
From   : hick@... (gARetH baBB)
Subject: Re: Mode 7 file

In message <04.199912160953.JAA31847@...>,
          tim@... (Tim Strong) wrote:

> I have a 200k file that I created on my BBC many years ago using a
> package called Commstar (by Pace). The file is a log of a session spent
> one night on Prestel / Micronet 800 (A UK Viewdata service.)

If the contents are not that ... personal ... you can send it this way and
I'll sort it out for you if you want.

> the file shouldn't contain any strange characters as the log was created
> by "buffering" screen contents (i.e. normal mode7 stuff.)

I can't remember what Commstar did for Viewdata, it might just have chucked
out the incoming serial stream, which would mean Viewdata escape codes (27)
- and others like cursor on/off (17, 20) etc.