diff --git a/basic/z/arcs.bas b/basic/z/arcs.bas
index 50a82da3..ded8f623 100644
--- a/basic/z/arcs.bas
+++ b/basic/z/arcs.bas
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-0CALL2225"\Q29QQVX6/:.T?PVQ_*bN2\.23*G.3*b6MOWGbM-
-1"),G;aE`6]N4`U0b5$38aU/b5_&&W`U/)(`6.QJ(W`U/)(`V?`6`F,;_6`V`%`V?$8`%)a5a%#8a%C7[$?CX/b&b7\#?DW/b%b8[#@U%_^A9&7\#?c5bW\O4"******GRASCDEFPOP!i\DEL0GRRETURN}i\F0jjjjjjjF0jFORLOGASCsONERR0::=VALpRNDlo
+0CALL2225"\Y:AYY^`>7B6\GX^Yg2jV:d6:;2O6;2j>UW_OjU5
+1"),G;aE`6]N4`U0b5$38aU/b5_&&W`U/)(`6.QJ(W`U/)(`V?`6`F,;_6`V`%`V?$8`%)a5a%#8a%C7[$?CX/b&b7\#?DW/b%b8[#@U%_^A9&7\#?c5bW\O4"******GRASCDEFITa!DEL0GR)@I\q}F0jjjjjjjF0jFORLOGASCsONERR0)}=LENpPOSlo
diff --git a/basic/z/z.c b/basic/z/z.c
index 8195dad8..e337c1a4 100644
--- a/basic/z/z.c
+++ b/basic/z/z.c
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* by qkumba */
-
 #include <fcntl.h>
 //#include <io.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -11,10 +9,10 @@
 #define O_TEXT    0
 #endif
 
-static unsigned char decoder[] = "\"******GRASCDEFPOP!i\\DEL0GRRETURN}i\\F0jjjjjjjF0jFORLOGASCsONERR0::=VALpRNDlo";
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+static unsigned char decoder[] = "\"******GRASCDEFITa!DEL0GR)@I\\q}F0jjjjjjjF0jFORLOGASCsONERR0)}=LENpPOSlo";
 
+void main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
 	int i, l, j, b2, b6;
 	unsigned char b[150];
 	unsigned char bb2[150];
@@ -39,9 +37,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			c = ((((b[j + 0] >> 6) & 2) + (b[j + 0] & 1)) << 0)
 	 		  + ((((b[j + 1] >> 6) & 2) + (b[j + 1] & 1)) << 2)
 			  + ((((b[j + 2] >> 6) & 2) + (b[j + 2] & 1)) << 4)
-			  + 0x23;
+			  + 0x2b
+			  - (7 * (int) !j);
 
-			bb2[b2++] = c + (int) !j;
+			bb2[b2++] = c;
 		}
 
 		c = ((b[j] >> 1) & 0x3f) + 0x23 + (int) !(j % 3);
@@ -51,14 +50,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	while (++j < l);
 
 	sprintf(call, "0CALL%d\"", 2049+10+b2+6+(int)sizeof(bb6)-b6+1);
-	i = open("out", O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+	i = open("out", O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0x80);
 	write(i, call, strlen(call));
 	write(i, bb2, b2);
-	write(i, "\r\n1\"", sizeof("\r\n1\"")-1);
+	write(i, "\n1\"", sizeof("\n1\"")-1);
 	write(i, bb6 + b6, sizeof(bb6) - b6);
 	write(i, decoder, sizeof(decoder)-1);
-	write(i,"\n",1);
+	write(i, "\n",1);
 	close(i);
-
-	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/basic/z/z_65c02.c b/basic/z/z_65c02.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29f4fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basic/z/z_65c02.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* by qkumba */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+//#include <io.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifndef O_BINARY
+#define O_BINARY  0
+#define O_TEXT    0
+#endif
+
+static unsigned char decoder[] = "\"******GRASCDEFPOP!i\\DEL0GRRETURN}i\\F0jjjjjjjF0jFORLOGASCsONERR0::=VALpRNDlo";
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+
+	int i, l, j, b2, b6;
+	unsigned char b[150];
+	unsigned char bb2[150];
+	unsigned char bb6[150];
+	char call[32];
+
+	memset(b, 0, sizeof(b));
+	i = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+	l = read(i, b, sizeof(b));
+	close(i);
+
+	j = 0;
+	b2 = 0;
+	b6 = sizeof(bb6);
+
+	do
+	{
+		unsigned char c;
+
+		if (!(j % 3))
+		{
+			c = ((((b[j + 0] >> 6) & 2) + (b[j + 0] & 1)) << 0)
+	 		  + ((((b[j + 1] >> 6) & 2) + (b[j + 1] & 1)) << 2)
+			  + ((((b[j + 2] >> 6) & 2) + (b[j + 2] & 1)) << 4)
+			  + 0x23;
+
+			bb2[b2++] = c + (int) !j;
+		}
+
+		c = ((b[j] >> 1) & 0x3f) + 0x23 + (int) !(j % 3);
+
+		bb6[--b6] = c;
+	}
+	while (++j < l);
+
+	sprintf(call, "0CALL%d\"", 2049+	// $801 (basic loads here)
+				10+		// point to quote after CALL
+				b2+		// point past 6encoded
+				6+		// ??
+				(int)sizeof(bb6)-b6+1); // backwards code
+	i = open("out", O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+	write(i, call, strlen(call));
+	write(i, bb2, b2);
+	write(i, "\r\n1\"", sizeof("\r\n1\"")-1);
+	write(i, bb6 + b6, sizeof(bb6) - b6);
+	write(i, decoder, sizeof(decoder)-1);
+	write(i,"\n",1);
+	close(i);
+
+	return 0;
+}