Unix2Win is a simple utility that can convert ASCII text files from Unix to Microsoft Windows format or vice versa. It supports drag and drop. The free version can only convert a single file at a time, while the Pro version can be purchased for batch conversions.

[334K] [Win98/Me/2k/XP] [FREE] [SnapFiles]

Like other character representation computer codes, ASCII specifies a correspondence between digital bit patterns and the symbols/glyphs of a written language, thus allowing digital devices to communicate with each other and to process, store, and communicate character-oriented information. The ASCII character encoding, or a compatible extension (see below), is used on nearly all common computers, especially personal computers and workstations. The preferred MIME name for this encoding is “US-ASCII.” ASCII is, strictly, a seven-bit code, meaning that it uses the bit patterns representable with seven binary digits (a range of 0 to 127 decimal) to represent character information. At the time ASCII was introduced, many computers dealt with eight-bit groups (bytes or, more specifically, octets) as the smallest unit of information; the eighth bit was commonly used as a parity bit for error checking on communication lines or other device-specific functions. Machines which did not use parity typically set the eighth bit to zero, though some systems such as PRIME machines running PRIMOS set the eighth bit of ASCII characters to one. [Wikipedia]