SCS2ASCII(1)

✨ SCS2ASCII ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the scs2ascii(1) manual page, general commands edition 💅 this is the whole vibe, top to bottom, no skips

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NAME

scs2ascii — it converts IBM SCS printer data into ASCII. that's the whole job. that's the girlboss move. 🎀

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SYNOPSIS

scs2ascii

yeah. that's it. no flags, no arguments, no drama. she takes no notes. 👑

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DESCRIPTION

so here's the tea 🍓 — this program handles the conversion from an SCS print stream coming out of an AS/400 printer emulation into something you can actually send to lpr. like, it's giving translator. it's giving speak ASCII to me. 🦋

lowkey important: it is only intended for use with lp5250d. that's her bestie. that's her whole social circle. do not bring her to other parties. 🙈

and the second thing — when you're using host print transform with lp5250d, scs2ascii will remove the remaining characters from the SCS print stream so that what's left is only the data intended for the printer. she's not adding, she's editing. she's curating. slay. ✨

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SEE ALSO

• lp5250d(1) — her ride or die 🫶
• https://tn5250.github.io/ — the mothership 🌈

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COPYRIGHT

scs2ascii is copyright 1997 - 1999 Michael Madore. this manpage is copyright 1999 - 2008 Carey Evans. 🫡

now the legal section, and bestie I need you to actually read this one because it's fr fr:

this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 💖

this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. see the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 😭 (yes it's in all caps in the original too, that's just how lawyers text)

you should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. 📬

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AUTHORS

scs2ascii was written by Michael Madore. 👑 this manual page was written by Carey Evans. 🎀 two icons, one manpage. we love to see it.

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so basically: no options, one job, one intended friend (lp5250d), and a whole lot of LGPL. periodt. 💅

and that's a wrap bestie!! this page is from the General Commands Manual, dated 17 Jun 2001, and it lives at SCS2ASCII(1). go convert something gorgeous 🦋✨💖