BinSCII

File Format
Name	BinSCII
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Transfer Encodings BinSCII ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.bsc, .bsq
Wikidata ID	Q105859282

BinSCII is a binary-to-text transfer-encoding utility and format, designed for use on Apple II systems. It was developed by Todd Whitesel.

It encodes a file (its contents, and some metadata) to ASCII text suitable for inclusion in an email, etc., or archival on a foreign system.

Identification

Encoded data is introduced by a line consisting of "FiLeStArTfIlEsTaRt".

binscii.5 - Unofficial format spec., from BSC (for Unix) v1.2 (plain text version)

sciibin, by Marcel J.E. Mol (C source code)
- v2.00 and 3.10
- v3.10: [1] → sciibin-3.1.tar.Z
BSC (for Unix), by Neil Parker (C source code) (write-only)
Unbinscii (Ruby script)
binscii.js
binscii.exe (text file that includes a BASIC program)
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