so according to this tutorial: http://smilebasicsource.com/page?pid=308
it should be as simple as opening the text file in a text editor, but when I open it in gedit I get this:
I also tried making a program to read the contents of the file and see what it would spew out, and the result was this (I can make out some letters but for the most part it's completely messed up):
How do you edit code on a PC?
_Nyap_Created:
That's not a program, that's a DAT file. A hex editor would be better suited to editing it. Gedit is terrible with binary formats as far as I know.Gedit is terrible with anything that doesn't have a consistent encoding. But yeah, DAT files are basically arrays saved into a binary file. They aren't source code; you'll be looking for TXT/PRG if you want that.