TRANSFERRING A QX ASCII FILE TO MS-DOS


Often times when working with other computer systems it becomes
necessary to convert a Valdocs document so it can be used on an
MS-DOS computer.  Valdocs documents are not usable by any other
word processors which makes it necessary to convert them to ASCII
files first.  Then the ASCII files are transferred to the MS-DOS
system.

ASSUMPTIONS: We assume that you have a copy of RWCPM (from the
QX-16's MS-DOS diskette) and an MS-DOS computer with 2 drives to
use it on and are familiar enough with MS-DOS to know how to use
its commands.  It is also assumed that you have used the section,
"Using ASC.SYS on a Valdocs Document" to make all the Valdocs
documents ASCII files first.

On the MS-DOS computer

1.   Turn the MS-DOS computer on.

2.   If it displays that it cannot load MS-DOS, put its MS-DOS
     diskette in the A: drive and press any key to continue.

Load RWCPM

3.   Once the MS-DOS prompt appears, replace any diskettes in the
     A: drive with the RWCPM diskette.

4.   Log to the specific drive and subdirectory where you want
     the Valdocs ASCII files to be.  If it is a floppy drive, be
     sure that a diskette is in that drive.

5.   Type:

          a:rwcpm

     and press ENTER.

6.   After RWCPM comes up with its opening menu, replace the
     RWCPM diskette with the diskette containing the Valdocs
     ASCII files.

7.   Select the option CP/M to MS-DOS from RWCPM's opening menu.

     NOTE: Diskettes that are formatted to 376K by Valdocs are
     also acceptable as CP/M diskettes, however, 700+K diskettes
     from a QX-16 are not recognized by RWCPM.

8.   Read the instruction menu that displays next and when ready,
     press any key, except ESC, to continue.

Copy the .ASC files to the MS-DOS disk

9.   Use the cursor keys to move the file pointer to each file
     that ends in ".ASC" and type:

          t

     to tag it.  A diamond will appear to the right of each file
     as it is tagged.  By pressing "t" when the file pointer is
     on a tagged file you will untag it.

10.  After all files are tagged, type:

          m

     and the tagged files will be mass copied to the drive and
     subdirectory that you selected in step 4.

11.  After all the Valdocs ASCII files have been copied to the
     MS-DOS computer, type:

          q

     and you will be returned to the MS-DOS prompt.

     NOTE: Sometimes RWCPM will make the MS-DOS cursor disappear. 
     By using the MODE command to select the screen attributes,
     the cursor will come back.

At this point, your ASCII files of the Valdocs documents are now
on the MS-DOS computer and are ready for use by any MS-DOS word
processing program that can read an ASCII document file.