BSC File - opening and understanding
Did your computer fail to open a BSC file? We explain what they are used for and recommend software that we know can open or otherwise handle your .BSC files.
What is a BSC file?
A .BSC file is a BinSCII encoded file. These BSC files are used to encode and decode Apple ProDOS files, an operating system used on the Apple II personal computer. These files give convenient and relatively error-free transmissions via email networks. BSC files are system files that you can run from GS/OS Finder. These text files allow for the file to travel over a network unscathed, and it can be reconstructed on the targeted system.
How to open BSC files
You will need a program compatible with the specific file you are trying to open, as different programs may use files with file extension BSC for different purposes.
While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested 10 different BSC openers which you will find listed below.
Other file formats using extension .BSC
While BinSCII encoded file is a popular type of BSC-file, we know of 3 different uses of the .BSC extension.
The BSC file extension indicates to your device which app can open the file. However, different apps may use the same file extension for different types of data. So a BSC opener may not be able to open all kinds of BSC files. In this case, look through all formats to make sure you find the best suited BSC viewer.
bsc Compressed Data
These BSC files contain data compressed with libbsc, a lossless compression library with high-performance created by Ilya Grebnov. BSC makes use of lossless and block-sorting data compression algorithms.
While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested 10 different BSC openers which you will find listed below.
BSC ZX Spectrum tape data
Through our analysis of BSC files, we know that one use of the format is BSC ZX Spectrum tape data. We have not yet described in detail what these files contain and what they are used for, but our team is working tiredlessly through thousands of file formats. We'd love hearing from you if you have information about the format.
While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested 10 different BSC openers which you will find listed below.
Various viewers for this file format
These apps are known to open certain types of BSC files. Remember, different programs may use BSC files for different purposes, so you may need to try out a few of them to be able to open your specific file.
 | Stuffit Expander | User submitted |
 | Any Video Converter Professional | User submitted |
 | progeCAD Professional | User submitted |
 | Flash Movie Player | User submitted |
 | progeCAD Professional English | User submitted |
 | Timetable | User submitted |
 | GenomeStudio | User submitted |
 | SingularLogic Report Viewer | User submitted |
| BSC Designer | User submitted |
 | Embarcadero RadPHP XE2 | User submitted |
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