Word: ascii
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Setting up batch files requires typing all of the commands that the computer will execute into an ASCII file with the extension .bat. This can be done with an editor such as EDLIN (it comes with MS-DOS, see manual for instructions) or the SIDEKICK notepad...
When the computer is first turned on, or when it is reset, it will always look for a file called autoexec.bat. This is an ASCII file (constructed like any other batch file) which tells a computer what to do before leaving the user at the A prompt. For users without a hard disk, the autoexec.bat file can be used to start up specific applications. For example, the Happy Hacker has a wordprocessing disk that will always load a spelling checker program and then start the word processor anytime the computer is reset with the disk in drive...
...MacBridge program (the MacBridge disk is kept next to OIT's IBM PCs). Once the MacBridge program is run, it will ask for the name and type of the file to be sent to the laserwriter. Type refers to whether the file is Postcript or straight text (ASCII) format...