JFYI there is a little (35 Kb) and little known free tool for Windows (by McAfee, I know, I know) that is very easy to use/convenient: http://www.mcafee.com/it

JFYI there is a little (35 Kb) and little known free tool for Windows (by McAfee, I know, I know) that is very easy to use/convenient: http://www.mcafee.com/it/downloads/free-tools/bintext.aspx http://www.mcafee.com/it/downloads/free-tools/bintext.aspx (a number of hex editors AFAIK want you to specify if ASCII or Unicode)