Editing ATASCII (section)

==Inter-operation==
The differences between character representation can cause problems during modem communication between Ataris and other computers. Cursor movement commands (and even carriage returns and line feeds) from computers not using ATASCII will be nonsense on an Atari, and vice versa. Terminal programs need to translate between ATASCII and standard ASCII.

Some Atari-based [[Bulletin board system|BBS]]s exploited this difference by asking the client to hit the "Return" key. If it got 13 (ASCII CR), then standard ASCII would be used. If it got 155 (ATASCII CR) it would switch to ATASCII, allowing full use of the ATASCII graphic set. Some Atari BBSs would also block features (or even block access completely) for non-Atari users.{{cn|date=August 2021}}

Text files encoded in ATASCII also need conversion to be viewed on modern PCs and ''vice versa''—utilities are available to facilitate this.<ref>{{cite web |title=ATASCII |url=http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/ATASCII |website=Just Solve the File Format Problem}}</ref>