Re: [WinMac] What Windows programs can do the same thing??

Michael Rehbein(ROTORWASH[at]ldd.net)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:04:08 -0500

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>
>Will someone please explain to me the difference between "Mac" text and
>"DOS" text? I always thought that ASCII was ASCII and, well, that was
>that. It does not appear to be the case, however.
>
>...ROMeyn

You are quite correct, ASCII is ASCII :)

It is how the -lines end- which differs,
Mac uses CR
I don't remember what DOS uses, maybe CR and a LF (line feed)
and I think UNIX uses just the LF

Regards- Mike

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