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Re: prog wanted to strip high bit from files

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From: Dan Dlugose
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1989 14:48
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In article <2239@csun.edu> robin@csun.edu (Robin Goldstone ) writes:
>Does anyone know of a public domain program or da which will strip the high
>bit off all the characters in a file?  I know that this is a trivial program

DeskZap does it.  I have version 1.1 from Bruce Tomlin, mail address
645 Weatherly, San Antonio TX 78239.  That's a 1986 address, but I
don't know any other way of getting it.
McSink is more useful, but I didn't know it stripped high bits.

Dan Dlugose
UNC Educational Computing Service
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Subject: Re: prog wanted to strip high bit from files
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Date: 18 Jul 89 14:48:58 GMT
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