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    From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 17 11:30:15 2025
    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC but I
    never got it to work on the ARMX6.
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    Richard Porter

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  • From Jean-Michel@21:1/5 to Richard Porter on Tue Mar 18 10:09:10 2025
    In message <[email protected]>
    Richard Porter <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC but I
    never got it to work on the ARMX6.
    Can you specify the name of the application and give us an idea of what
    you want to decode?

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    Jean-Michel

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  • From Martin@21:1/5 to Jean-Michel on Tue Mar 18 09:33:06 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Jean-Michel <[email protected]> wrote:
    In message <[email protected]>
    Richard Porter <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC
    but I never got it to work on the ARMX6.
    Can you specify the name of the application and give us an idea of
    what you want to decode?

    Attacher v1.05 claims to be 32-bit clean.
    See http://johnallen.com/soft/attacher.html

    --
    Martin Avison
    Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
    without notice if (when) any spam is received.

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  • From Bernard Boase@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Mar 18 13:12:45 2025
    On 17 Mar 2025, [email protected] wrote:

    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC but I
    never got it to work on the ARMX6.

    RiscLua has a library program called base64 which looks as if it can both encode and decode. I have not worked out how to use it, but someone more familiar with Lua than me (e.g. Gavin Wraith) could probably advise.

    Bernard
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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 21 11:32:33 2025
    The date being 18 Mar 2025, Jean-Michel <[email protected]> decided to
    write:

    In message <[email protected]>
    Richard Porter <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC but I
    never got it to work on the ARMX6.
    Can you specify the name of the application and give us an idea of what
    you want to decode?

    Surprisingly enough it's called !Base64. It's in Internet.tools in OS5.

    It does load up. The background is that on another mailing list some
    members were getting what they described as "gobbledigook" but turned to
    be the body of the message in Base 64 encoding.

    So I copied and saved the b64 as a text file. I then found that there are
    quite a few converters on the web so the immediate problem was solved.

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  • From Richard Porter@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 21 11:48:28 2025
    The date being 18 Mar 2025, Martin <[email protected]> decided to
    write:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Jean-Michel <[email protected]> wrote:
    In message <[email protected]>
    Richard Porter <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC
    but I never got it to work on the ARMX6.
    Can you specify the name of the application and give us an idea of
    what you want to decode?

    Attacher v1.05 claims to be 32-bit clean.
    See http://johnallen.com/soft/attacher.html

    Thanks. I've now got !Base64 working (mirabile dictu) but !Attacher 1.02
    just stiffs the computer. Looks like I need to update it.

    Richard

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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Mar 21 15:03:20 2025
    In article <[email protected]>, Richard Porter <[email protected]> wrote:
    The date being 18 Mar 2025, Jean-Michel <[email protected]> decided
    to write:

    In message <[email protected]> Richard Porter
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC but
    I never got it to work on the ARMX6.
    Can you specify the name of the application and give us an idea of
    what you want to decode?

    Surprisingly enough it's called !Base64. It's in Internet.tools in OS5.

    Not in my Boot it ain't.
    FAST Pi Compute Module 4 RISC OS 5.29

    --
    Chris

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  • From Richard Ashbery@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Mar 21 17:27:53 2025
    In article <[email protected]>, Richard Porter <[email protected]> wrote:
    The date being 18 Mar 2025, Martin <[email protected]>
    decided to write:

    In article <[email protected]>, Jean-Michel
    <[email protected]> wrote:
    In message <[email protected]> Richard
    Porter <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there a 32 bit decoder for OS5? I used to have one my RiscPC
    but I never got it to work on the ARMX6.
    Can you specify the name of the application and give us an idea
    of what you want to decode?

    Attacher v1.05 claims to be 32-bit clean. See http://johnallen.com/soft/attacher.html

    Thanks. I've now got !Base64 working (mirabile dictu) but !Attacher
    1.02 just stiffs the computer. Looks like I need to update it.

    Interesting anomoly:

    I've just checked to see if I have the latest version of !Attacher,
    V1.05 and I have but when I run the program OS reports "internal error:
    branch through zero". When I try an identical version of !Attacher,
    V1.05 downloaded some while ago it runs correctly. Although The
    !RunImage files are identical in size when comparing them in StrongED
    they are very different.

    Richard A

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