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+# this is a simple script to convert the ascii files into binaries
+# everything but 0 an 1 , or alternatively _ and X is ignored in 
+# source file.
+
+import binascii 
+import sys
+
+
+f=open(sys.argv[1],'r')
+o=open(sys.argv[2],'wb')
+
+print "binarizing " + sys.argv[1] + " to "+sys.argv[2] + "."
+
+b=""
+l=0
+
+while True:
+
+    c=f.read(1)
+
+    if not c:
+	break
+
+    if c=="0" or c=='_':
+	l+=1
+	b+="0"
+
+    if c=="1" or c=='X':
+	l+=1
+	b+="1"
+
+    if l==8:
+#	print b
+	l=0
+	o.write(chr(int(b,2)))
+	b=""
+
+o.close()
+
+