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From: Kelvin Sherlock <email@domain.com>
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Subject: Re: Filetype change in Applesoft
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 10:13:05 -0400
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On 2025-04-09 03:22:10 +0000, Duhast said:

> Is there a way to change the filetype from Applesoft?  Or is there a 
> way to get BLOAD to load any file regardless of type without specifying 
> the T parameter?

I think you'll need some outside help, eg, SETINFO from ProCMD, or 
something similar.


   The syntax of this command is

        SETINFO pathname [,T type, A auxtype, @ access]

   All three parameters are optional.  This allows changing a
file's type (except for DIR files), auxtype, and access.