Date   : Tue, 10 Apr 1984 14:18:00 EST
From   : scacchitti.henr@Xerox.ARPA
Subject: Re: Xerox 820 text downloading

Allan,
       A friend of mine recently had the same problem. (At least it sounds
like it) 

       Almost any modem program with a text capture mode will collect the
ascii data and allow storage to a CP/M file. However, the model 100
fails to transmit linefeeds. Thus, a file of this construct, lists
continually on one line. On, the other hand if you use Wordstar to view
the file, you will be able to see it all. To convert the file to useable
CP/M format is pretty simple. All that's required is a program to open
the text file and create a second file, then read a line from the
existing file and write it to the new file, finally close the files when
it's done. 

       CP/M (at least that on the 820) will see the carriage return as the end
of the line when reading and append the line feed when writing. I've
used this method in MBASIC and C without any problems. If you need a
source file let me know and I'll send one.

                                       Fred