I inherited a few GW Basic files. I managed to list that in GWB. But it fly by so fast that I can see anything (that thing is 1600+ lines long). I tried to save it it with the ",a" option. I got the same mumbo-jumbo. How do I convert the file to a ASCII file so that I can read that? Thanks.

The.. save "file",a ..option should have worked fine as it does here on gwbasic version 3.22

I think another option is to open it in QBASIC using the QBASIC /MBF option. MBF stands for Microsoft Binary Format which is the format used by GWBASIC. If this succeeds then you can just save it as text in QBASIC.

huh? The only difference between a *.bas file and a *.doc file in the extension. Your Basic interpretor reads a standard text file with the .bas extension and interprets if from there, If you would like to read a few lines in the interpretor, just use the command, "LIST" and a series of line numbers such as 10-100. Example: LIST 100-200

To look at a gwbasic program easily just save it a different way: LIST,"name" (last quote unnessesary) Now the program should be saved in standard ASCII format, instead of BASIC format. Using explorer.exe or 'My Computer' go to the folder where basic.exe is and right click on the file "name.bas" WHILE HOLDING THE SHIFT BUTTON DOWN. Select 'open with' and scroll down to Notepad. Very easy viewing and printing AND EDITING! I now use Notepad to write and edit my basic programs, so I've binded Notepad to .bas files! Hope I have helped.