Date   : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:42:21 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: .basic file type, comments please...

On 28/07/2010 09:55, J.G.Harston wrote:

> Consequently, since 1982, an Acorn-format tokenised BBC BASIC file
> stored on a media that uses filename extensions (CP/M, DOS, etc)
> has a filename with a "." extension, and a Russell-format tokenised
> BBC BASIC file stored on a media that used filename extensions has
> a filename with a ".bbc" extension.

That is what I am trying to correct, the ".". It's like saying "perl" 
and "php" are odd languages found on /other/ computers, so they should 
revert to filetype &000. Not so helpful if you actually want to 
associate an action with them.

You have a valid point about .basic being "any" BASIC, however as it 
apparently hasn't been claimed in all this time... Besides, tokenised 
BASIC follows a fixed format, you ought to be able to verify this with 
the first four bytes.


Best wishes,

Rick.

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