Hacking the Code
For articles in Commodore Hacking that include binary files as part
of their article, these binaries files are made available in this section
as encoded text files. The format used for encoding is called UUCode,
which is a standard widely used on the Internet to transmit binary files
using only printable ASCII characters. To that end, each of these files
must be decoded with a suitable decoding program before they can executed.
Typical examples inlucde UUXFER for the 64, uudecode on the ACE OS for the
64 and 128, and uudecode on most UNIX OS machines. Some encoders can decode
multiple files, while others will require the user to manually split this
section into individual pieces prior to decoding.
WARNING: The UUCode format trasnlates files from binary to ASCII, not
PETSCII. Therefore, either decode this section before downloading this
section to a PETSCII mode computer system, or download this section without
translation to PETSCII. Some decoder programs can handle PETSCII converted
UUCode files, but the practice is not recommended because conversion is
typically done in a telecommunications program and cannot be guaranteed to
be accurate.
Last Updated: 1996-05-08