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From: budgie
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:16
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:16
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:14:36 +0930, "Steve Pugh" <stevepugh@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >"budgie" <budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au> wrote in message >news:3d45381c.6612792@news.cantech.net.au... >> I have a file as per header, sent by colleague. It was the only >> electronic output option he had, and it sounded great at the time. >> >> Problem is, I want it in soft form for digestion into something else - >> almost anything else in fact. But the format baffles everything I >> have tried on it. Obviously I can "copy file.prn lpt1:" at a DOS >> prompt, but that wasn't the objective. >> >> Can anyone suggest a redigestion route? >> >> TIA >> >> Peter > >Have you looked at this site >http://www.pclviewer.com/ >Regards >Steve I've looked at the file with a hex editor, and it doesan't have any hint of a header thatgives any clues. I am unable to see WHY it would be a PCL format file, given that the box it was created on (read O/P) hasn't heard about PCL.
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