#: 27575 S8/Arcade/Action Games
    21-Jul-92  08:00:06
Sb: #27571-downloading
Fm: John Iannetta 73510,2152
To: Peter Zunitch 71231,3055 (X)
 
Peter,
 
          It has been my experience, in the CBMART and CBMAPP libraries, that
all files for C-128 only, are identified as such.  If you use LIST (for the one
line descriptions), that information may be missing.  But if you BROWSE, I
think that you can be assured that a file is for the C-64, unless indicated
otherwise.
 
          There IS a way to get such information about a file, before deciding
whether to download it.  Type in:
 
REA INT filename <CR>
 
when in the appropriate library.  You should then receive the INTel format of
the file.  After a line or so, send a CONTROL-C (usually by pressing the stop
key).  CIS should then present you with a five choice menu.  Study the first
line of the intel format.  If it starts with:
 
:18000000011C
 
the file is for a C-128.  If the line starts with:
 
:180000000108
 
the file is for a C-64 (or a C-128 in 64 mode.  If the line starts with:
 
:180000000400434333500108
 
the file is a C-64 image file, that will show up on diskette as a PR	 (if you
download with CIS B-protocol).
 
If the line starts with:
 
:18000000040043433353
 
the file is a C-64 image file, but an SEQ.  Of course, if you download using
XMODEM, you must remove the header after downloading.  There are various
methods for doing that.  If you must select a file type for the "beheaded"
file, you should use the information gained from the REA INT.  If you use
HEADER.BIN in library 1 of this forum, the executable file will automatically
be of the correct file type.
 
          	 ease be aware that the above method will NOT work for an ARCed file
(a file that must be deARCed using ARC230).  But it should work for SDA's and
SFX's.  If the first line that REA INT returns is anything other than those
four examples, the file is probably a data file.  It may be used with either
computer, if you are able to process the data (e.g., with VGIF64.BIN or
ENHSID.BIN).
 
                 John
