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Subject: Re: Hexify for Tops-20
Message-ID: <14189@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 21:22:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 30 21:22:00 1983
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Confirm Bill Catching's comments on sometimes needing a hexify program.
Working through a TAC still gives me problems with binary files since, all
rumors and facts to the contrary, my g------ed TAC will NOT reset itself
once I disconnect, and I lock up the bloody unmentionable port until my
TAC owners go and kick the front panel or something.

Soooo .. I HEXIFY com files regularly.

Incidentally, my regular assemblers don' like HEXIFY-produced hex files so
very much, but if I load them into DDT and then save them -- perfect!

Don't let the visual appearance of a HEXIFY-produced file scare you, either.
Sure, each line of hex is almost as wide as an 80-col screen (much different
from HEX files produced by regular CP/M assemblers), but not to worry --
DDT handles them just fine (guess it's a function of the 32-bit word (well,
kind of a 32-bit word) the DEC uses -- don't really care; it works!).

Regards,

David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall