Look at the new BIN file in CT and note that most likely all your
times were increased by 7 hours (not the dates). Run CT_TIME to
subtract 7 hours from all times messed up by the dual conversion.
Type CT_TIME at the DOS prompt to get instructions.
73 de Brian/K3KO
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>
> At 12:09 PM 12/01/1999 -0500, Steve Dove wrote:
>
> >Greetings, esteemed CT warriors,
> >
> >CT (9.37) is barfing up the message . . .
> >
> >"CQ99CW.BIN is not a valid Version 9 compatible log, run 8to9.exe to
> >convert."
> >
> >. . . when I try to re-run a B2R9'ed -edited - R2B9'ed file. The two
> >conversions seem to run OK, the edited RES file has no sillies in it, is
> >in precisely the right format and is indeed exactly the same size as the
> >unedited version, and the 'before and after' BIN files are identical in
> >size.
>
> R2B9 requires that the .BIN file already exist. Usually, your old .BIN
> file is there and will suffice. R2B9 will automatically save your file to
> .OLD, preserving the original data. If you try to create a newly-named
> .BIN file (presumably from a renamed .RES file [to protect the original
> .BIN file]), then you will get the error you describe.
>
> There are several choices:
>
> 1. Copy the original .BIN file to a new name, but keep the existing name
> when doing your conversions.
>
> 2. Copy the original .BIN file to a new name, run B2R9 on that new name,
> make the changes, then run R2B9, again using the new name.
>
> 3. Run B2R9 on the original name, rename the .RES file and edit it, run CT
> to create a new empty file with the same name as the .RES file, and then
> run R2B9 on that new name.
>
> - Jim
>
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