Date   : Tue, 03 Apr 1984 05:48:00-EST
From   : ABN.ISCAMS@Usc-Isid.ARPA
Subject: Re: ITS binary format

There's a conversion program at SIMTEL20 (MICRO:<CPM.HEX>, i think),
called ITSCVT.HEX. It runs on an 8080 CP/M micro, and effectively strips
off the headers and tailers the ITS-binary files have.  For a PC now...
Another way I do it is to move them to my host's directory (a Dec),
copy them from their original ..32-bit, I think.. size to 8-bit, load
them into a host text editor (XED), which effectively strips off the
8th bit, edit out the 4 characters at the front, and the ^Zs at the
last line, and there I am.  For .COM files (binary), I move them to my
micro any way I can (HEXIFY is also available at SIMTEL20 (MICRO:
<CPM.TOPS-20>, I think), that'll run on the DEC and change the binary
file to HEX).

Alternatively, CPM.TOPS-20 also has NMODEM, a mainframe modem program
running on the DECs that'll send an ITS-binary file right through to you,
automatically detecting and stripping/reformatting.

Hope this helps.

David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall