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A Personal Note |
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=============== |
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Somehow, I've managed to get by for the last 14 years using just ZCPR. |
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But like some of you, I have fiddled with the standard ZCPR and |
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modified it to suit my tastes. As I added new commands or enriched old |
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ones, I've always remained compatible with existing programs, all the |
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BDOS replacements, and, most important of all, stayed within the 800H |
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space allocation of the original Digital Research CCP. Here are the |
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fruits of my labors, I hope you enjoy this CCP replacement as much as I |
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do. |
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Don Kirkpatrick |
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17595 S.W. Pheasant Lane |
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Beaverton, Oregon 97006 |
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<Donald.C.Kirkpatrick@tek.com> |
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Introduction |
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============ |
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This console replacement is designed to run under CP/M 2.2 or any of |
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the 2.2 BDOS replacements. It requires a Z80 or better. If you are |
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running DRI's CCP or older versions of ZCPR1, this program is a |
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significant improvement. If you are running ZCPR3, CP/M 3.0, CP/M |
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Plus, or MP/M, this will probably be a disappointment. |
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If you are familiar with ZCPR3, you will recognize many of the |
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enhancements here: comments on a command line, search path for the .com |
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file, drive/user change with simple du:, CLEVEL3 command processing, |
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proper SUBMIT file facility, and so on. Nothing has been removed from |
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DRI's CCP, only new features added. AND IT ALL STILL FITS IN THE |
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ORIGINAL 800H, THE SAME SPACE AS THE DIGITAL RESEARCH FIVE COMMAND |
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CCP. |
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Many of the standard commands have been enhanced. For example, TYPE |
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and LIST now have options to turn on or off page breaks. Moreover, the |
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console check for abort has been improved. |
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Two commands have been added for use in submit files - SAK and BELL. |
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These commands allow you to pause or ring the bell during submit file |
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execution. |
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Before you install this version of ZCPR onto your boot disks, try it by |
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running it as a .com file. Just edit the few customizing options and |
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assemble the source. After you decide it really is better, load it |
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onto your boot track and make it your standard. Complete instructions |
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are located at the end of this document. |
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The complete built-in command list is: |
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DIR - directory command enhanced to list optionally all user areas |
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REN - standard rename command |
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USER- move to new user number area on same drive |
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SAVE- save specified number of TPA pages or records in a file |
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TYPE- display a file on the console with optional page break pauses |
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LIST- print command plus optional form feed insertion |
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PAGE- send form feed to list device |
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ERA - standard file erase command |
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ERAQ- file erase with confirmation query at each file |
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DFU - set default user number for .com search path |
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BELL- send a bell character to the console |
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SAK - pause until a key is struck on the console (Strike Any Key) |
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SCL - toggle multiple commands per line (Single Command on a Line) |
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GET - load a file into the TPA at any specified location |
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JUMP- process command tail and execute program at specified address |
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GO - process command tail and execute program loaded at 100H |
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PEEK- display hexadecimal byte string starting with specified address |
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POKE- load hexadecimal byte string starting with specified address |
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BOOT- execute BIOS cold boot routine |
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Filename Processing |
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The standard ZCPR3 du: drive/user file specification has been |
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implemented. Any filename can be in the du:fn.ft form. For example: |
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A>era c4:junk*.* |
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erases files on the C drive, user area 4 without leaving drive A user |
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0. When a user number is found in a filename, that user number is |
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placed in S1 of the default FCB. Bit 7 of S1 is set to inform the |
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program using the FCB a user number was found. |
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The * in an ambiguous file name has been improved. Now a trailing * |
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causes the remainder of the ambiguous name to be filled with '?', not |
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just the fn field. For example: |
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A>era c4:junk* |
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is the same as the example above. Previously, junk* was defined as |
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'junk????. '. If you need the ft field blank, type 'junk*.'. The |
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question mark still works as a single character wild card. |
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Command Line Processing |
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The current user number is included as part of the command prompt for |
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all non-zero user numbers. The prompt is of the form du>, for example |
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A2> or B10>. If the SUPRES equate is true, the user number is |
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suppressed for user 0 only. |
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Multiple commands are typed on a single line separated by a command |
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separator character. Occasionally, you need to type the separator |
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character in a command tail. The SCL command toggles the multiple |
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command enable. The CMDCHR equate determines the command separator |
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character. A ';' has been chosen as the separator character in this |
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distribution version. |
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Comments are allowed on a command line. When the comment separator |
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character is encountered as the first character of a command, the |
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remainder of the line is ignored. The COMCHR equate determines the |
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comment separator character. A ';' has been chosen as the separator |
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character in this distribution version. Here is an example containing |
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comments and multiple commands on a single line: |
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A>get 100 junk;peek 100;;this is a comment. |
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A>;this is also a comment. |
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There exists a built-in search path for transient commands. First, the |
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current drive/user is searched. Next, the current drive/default user |
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is searched. Last, drive A/default user is searched. The DEFUSR |
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equate determines the default user number, currently set to user 0 in |
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this distribution version. The default user is temporarily changed |
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with the DFU command. If a drive is specified in the transient |
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command, the current and default user areas on the specified drive are |
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searched. If a user number is specified, that user area on the current |
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and default drive are searched. If both the drive and user number are |
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specified, no search is performed. The same drive/user area is never |
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searched twice. |
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Transient commands are always "called." If a program terminates via a |
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return rather than a warm boot, subsequent multiple commands on the |
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command line are executed. Any program exiting by a warm boot reloads |
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ZCPR and the subsequent commands lost. |
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A default command can be placed in the command buffer and control |
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passed to ZCPR for processing. The only thing required, besides |
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placing the command in the buffer and jumping to CPRLOC, is to |
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initialize the command character counter at the start of the buffer. |
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The procedure is compatible with the original DRI CCP default command |
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processing. If ZCPR is entered at CPRLOC+3 jump, default command |
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processing is suppressed. Either way, register C must contain a valid |
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drive/user, just like the original CCP. |
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Submit File Processing |
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A basic design choice had to be made in the design of ZCPR concerning |
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the execution of submit files. The original CCP had a problem. It |
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ALWAYS looked for the $$$.SUB file on drive A and the submit program |
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would place it on the current default drive. When the you were logged |
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onto drive B and you issued a submit command, the $$$.SUB was placed on |
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drive B and not executed. |
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After much debate it was decided to have ZCPR perform the same type of |
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function as CCP (look for the $$$.SUB file on drive A), but the problem |
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with SUBMIT.COM still exists. Hence, RGF designed SuperSUB and RLC |
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took his SuperSUB and designed SUB from it; both programs are set up to |
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allow the selection at assembly time of creating the $$$.SUB on the |
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default drive or on drive A. If you don't have one of these newer |
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submit programs, a procedure for patching the standard SUBMIT.COM has |
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been included at the end. |
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The fixed drive choice permits a submit file to contain a series of |
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commands exactly as they would be entered from a CP/M console. This |
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permits things like: |
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A>dir |
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A>b: |
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B>dir |
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to be executed, even though the currently default drive is changed |
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during execution. If the $$$.SUB file were present on the default |
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drive, the above series of commands would not work. ZCPR would be |
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looking for $$$.SUB on the default drive, and switching default drives |
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without moving the $$$.SUB file would cause processing to abort. Note |
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that the same problem occurs if the user number of the $$$.SUB file is |
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not predefined. ZCPR assumes that the $$$.SUB file is located on user 0 |
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of drive A. |
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The trick of using the $ flag returned by the BDOS disk reset is used |
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to speed the search for a $*.* file on drive A. This trick will not |
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work if the $$$.SUB file were located on another drive. |
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The '>' prompt character is replaced by a special character while a |
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submit file is in execution. The SPRMPT equate defines this special |
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character, currently set to '$' in this distribution version. |
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Command Syntax |
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Multiple commands can be placed on one line. If the comment character |
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is encountered where a command should start, the rest of the line is |
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ignored. Any command can be renamed by editing the command table. |
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Command names can be up to eight characters long and are terminated by |
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bit 7 high. If there is a conflict between an internal ZCPR command |
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and a transient program of the same name, the internal command is |
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executed. Type the command with the du: included if the external |
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transient command is the one desired. Here is a complete alphabetized |
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list of all the resident commands with their syntax: |
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Command: BELL |
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Function: To ring terminal bell. |
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Forms: BELL |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: This command is designed to be placed in a submit file to |
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ring the bell to indicate significant checkpoints. |
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Command: BOOT |
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Function: To execute BIOS cold boot routine. |
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Forms: BOOT |
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Options: REBOOT equate controls the inclusion/exclusion of this command. |
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Uses: Reboots the system without pushing the reset button. The |
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cold boot entry point in the BIOS must be supported for this |
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command to work. |
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Command: DFU |
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Function: To set the Default User Number for transient commands. |
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Forms: DFU <usrnum> |
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Options: DEFUSR equate defines the default user choice until this |
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command is entered. |
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NUMBASE equate defines the character that specifies a |
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hexadecimal number. The distribution version is set to 'H'. |
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Uses: The default user area is searched after a transient command |
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cannot be found in the current user area. If the transient |
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command still has not been found, the default user on the |
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default drive is searched last. The new default user number |
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is in decimal, but hexadecimal numbers are entered by |
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appending an 'H'. The next warm boot will restore the |
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original default user number. |
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Command: DIR |
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Function: To display a directory listing of the files on a drive. |
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Forms: DIR <afn> Display the DIR files |
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DIR <afn> S Display the SYS files |
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DIR <afn> B Display both DIR and SYS files |
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DIR <afn> A Display both DIR and SYS files for all user areas |
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Options: TWOCOL equate controls the number of columns in the display. |
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Forty-column terminals are limited to two-column displays. |
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WIDE equate controls the spacing between the columns and |
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change the horizontal width of a directory display. |
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FENCE equate specifies the character separator between the |
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directory columns. |
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USRDLM equate specifies the character between the user number |
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and the filename. |
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USRFLG, SYSFLG, and SOFLG equates specify the command line |
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tail character that control the display of system and |
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non-system files. |
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Uses: Displays a directory listing of files in specific drive/user |
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area. |
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Command: ERA |
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Function: To erase files. |
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Forms: ERA <afn> |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Deletes files. Names of erased files are displayed. |
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Command: ERAQ |
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Function: To erase files with individual query. |
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Forms: ERAQ <afn> |
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<afn>? y File erased |
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<afn>? <CR> File not erased |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Deletes a subset of a set of ambiguously specified files. |
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Any answer other than 'Y' (either case) will cause the file |
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to be skipped and not erased. |
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Command: GET |
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Function: To load the specified file from disk to the specified address. |
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Forms: GET <hexadr> <ufn> |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Loads a file into the TPA for patching purposes. This command |
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searches for the specified file along the same search path as |
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the transient command loader. |
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Command: GO |
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Function: To call the program in the TPA without loading from disk. |
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Forms: GO <command tail> |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Most useful to rerun a program already loaded into the TPA. |
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Saves time and wear on disk drives. The command tail is |
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entered exactly as it would appear if GO were replaced by the |
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program name. Same as JUMP 100H, but more convenient, |
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especially when used with parameters for programs like STAT. |
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Command: JUMP |
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Function: To call the program at a specified address. |
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Forms: JUMP <hexadr> <command tail> |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Executes code not located at 100H. For example, JUMP 0 |
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warm boots. The code must already reside at the specified |
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address. |
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Command: LIST |
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Function: To print specified file on list device. |
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Forms: LIST <ufn> Print file |
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LIST <ufn> P Print file without default paging |
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Options: NLINEP equate determines the number of lines per page. |
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FFKILL equate controls the suppression of form feeds before |
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printable text. |
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PGDFLG equate determines the command line tail character that |
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toggles the default form feed insertion every NLINEP lines. |
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NOSTAT equate controls the use of the BIOS list status call. |
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Uses: Prints files with/without pagination on LST: device. A |
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listing is aborted by a console ^C. Any submit file in |
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process is terminated and control is returned gracefully to |
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the console prompt. |
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Command: PAGE |
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Function: To eject a page on list device via a form feed. |
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Forms: PAGE |
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Options: NOSTAT equate controls the use of the BIOS list status call. |
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Uses: Sends a form feed to the LST: device. The page eject can |
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be aborted by a console ^C if the system hangs because the |
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printer is not ready. If aborted, any submit file in process |
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is terminated and control is returned gracefully to the |
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console prompt. |
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Command: PEEK |
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Function: To display hex values beginning at a specified address. |
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Forms: PEEK <hexadr> [<hexcnt>] |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Displays hexadecimal values anywhere in the entire address |
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space. The maximum value for <hexcnt> is 0FFH, but the |
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default <hexcnt> is 256. |
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Command: POKE |
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Function: To poke a string of hex values into a set of consecutive |
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addresses. |
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Forms: POKE <hexadr> <hexval> [...<hexval>] |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Modifies values anywhere in the entire address space. Each |
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<hexval> represents one byte and is separated from the next |
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by a space. The number of <hexval> are limited only by the |
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size of the command line buffer. The address is incremented |
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for each <hexval>. Excellent for hand patching code. |
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Command: REN |
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Function: To change the name of an existing file. |
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Forms: REN <newufn>=<oldufn> |
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REN <newufn>=<oldufn> Existing <newufn> |
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Delete? y File deleted |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Changes the names of files. Any du: on <oldufn> is ignored; |
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the optional du: is on <newufn>. If there already exists a |
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<newufn>, the console is queried for conformation. Any |
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response except 'Y' (either case) aborts the command, kills |
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any submit file in process, and returns gracefully to the |
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command prompt. |
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Command: SAK |
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Function: To pause until a key is struck. |
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Forms: SAK |
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? <any key> |
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Options: None. |
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Uses: Pauses a submit file until a keystroke is entered. Any |
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character other than a ^C will resume execution. A ^C kills |
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the submit file, any commands remaining on the command the |
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line are ignored, and control returns gracefully to the |
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prompt. |
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Command: SAVE |
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Function: To save the contents of TPA onto disk as a file. |
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Forms: SAVE <Number of Pages> <ufn> |
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SAVE <Number of Records> <ufn> R |
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Options: RECFLG equate determines the command tail character that |
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specifies records rather than pages. |
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NUMBASE equate defines the character that specifies a |
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hexadecimal number. The distribution version is set to 'H'. |
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Uses: Saves the TPA to a file. Records are 128 bytes long, pages |
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are 256 bytes long. Number of pages or records is in |
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decimal, but a hexadecimal number is entered by appending an |
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'H'. Saved area begins at 100H. |
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Command: SCL |
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Function: To force ZCPR to parse only a single command per line. |
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Forms: SCL |
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Options: MULTPL equate determines the inclusion/exclusion of this |
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command and whether or not multiple commands are allowed. |
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CMDCHR equate determines the character separating multiple |
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commands. |
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Uses: Some transient commands require the command separator in the |
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command tail. This command turns off multiple command |
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parsing so the entire command tail is sent to the transient |
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program. Multiple command format is reset at the next warm |
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boot. SCL toggles. |
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Command: TYPE |
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Function: To display specified file on console. |
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Forms: TYPE <ufn> Display file |
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TYPE <ufn> P Display file without default paging |
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Options: NLINES equate determines the number of lines per screen. |
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FFKILL equate controls the suppression of form feeds before |
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printable text. |
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PGDFLG equate determines the command line tail character that |
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toggles the default form feed insertion every NLINEP lines. |
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Uses: Displays files with/without pagination on CON: device. A |
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display is aborted by a console ^C. If aborted, any submit |
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file in process terminates and control returns gracefully to |
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the console prompt. When page breaks are enabled, any |
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console character except ^C will display the next page of |
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text. |
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Command: USER |
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Function: To change current user number. |
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Forms: USER <usrnum> |
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Options: SUPRES equate controls the display of the user number in the |
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prompt when the user number is zero. |
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MAXUSR equate controls the maximum allowable user number. |
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NUMBASE equate defines the character that specifies a |
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hexadecimal number. The distribution version is set to 'H'. |
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Uses: This command changes the current user number. The new user |
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number is in decimal, but a hexadecimal number is entered by |
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appending an 'H'. This command has been retained for |
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compatibility purposes only. It is far easier to change |
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disk/user by typing du:. |
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Error Messages |
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If any error is encountered as a command line is being parsed, a |
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message will be printed and, for serious errors, the remainder of the |
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line is ignored. Below is a complete list of all ZCPR error messages. |
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Any error message encountered that is not on this list came from some |
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program other than ZCPR. |
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"?" |
|||
|
|||
An error was detected in the command. The an item on the command |
|||
line was not what was expected. The command line is echoed up to |
|||
the position where the error was detected, as close as can be |
|||
determined, and the "?" printed. Any commands remaining on the |
|||
command the line are ignored and any $$$.SUB file erased. |
|||
|
|||
"Full" |
|||
|
|||
If ZCPR was attempting to load a transient program, one of two |
|||
things has gone wrong: either the program is so large that it won't |
|||
fit into the TPA or a read error was returned from the BDOS. If |
|||
ZCPR was attempting to save a file, the BDOS write call returned |
|||
failure. Either the disk or the directory is full. Any commands |
|||
remaining on the command line are ignored and any $$$.SUB file |
|||
erased. |
|||
|
|||
"No File" |
|||
|
|||
No file could be found matching the filename specified in the |
|||
command. This message is also be printed if the BDOS read command |
|||
returns failure. If ZCPR was looking for a transient command, any |
|||
commands remaining on the command line are ignored and any $$$.SUB |
|||
file erased. |
|||
|
|||
"Name Error" |
|||
|
|||
The specified filename has a user number larger than the allowable |
|||
maximum or an ambiguous filename was entered where only an |
|||
unambiguous filename is permitted. Any commands remaining on the |
|||
command line are ignored and any $$$.SUB file erased. |
|||
|
|||
"Delete?" |
|||
|
|||
Not really an error, but there already exists a file with the same |
|||
name as the requested new name in the REN command. Any response |
|||
except 'Y' (either case) aborts the command, any commands remaining |
|||
on the command line are ignored, and any $$$.SUB file erased. |
|||
|
|||
"All?" |
|||
|
|||
Not really an error, but a check to verify that all files on the |
|||
drive/user area are to be erased. Any response except 'Y' (either |
|||
case) aborts the command and any commands remaining on the command |
|||
line are ignored. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
Installation Instructions |
|||
========================= |
|||
|
|||
1) The first task is to determine the location of your BDOS because you |
|||
MUST set the P2DOS equate to this value. If you do not know the |
|||
location of your BDOS, use ZCPRDEMO to find it. If you do not |
|||
already have ZCPRDEMO.COM, assemble ZCPR with the TEST equate true |
|||
to make it. A bootstrap loader will be included and you can run the |
|||
.com file. This program assembles without errors using Microsoft's |
|||
M80/L80: |
|||
|
|||
A>m80 =zcpr |
|||
A>l80 zcpr,zcprdemo/n/e |
|||
|
|||
Other assemblers can be used, but ZCPR.MAC will probably require |
|||
editing to convert it to a form compatible. The major decision in |
|||
converting is to determine how the .PHASE pseudo is to be handled. |
|||
Probably the best solution to the .PHASE is to generate a .hex |
|||
file and load it with an offset using DDT/SID/ZSID. Consult the |
|||
"r" command in the DDT/SID/ZSID manaul. |
|||
|
|||
Run ZCPRDEMO and peek at low memory: |
|||
|
|||
A>zcprdemo |
|||
A<peek 0 10 |
|||
0000 C3 03 F2 00 00 C3 06 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |
|||
A<^C |
|||
|
|||
Notice the prompt character has changed from a '>' to a '<'. This |
|||
tells you the special debug version of ZCPR is running. See the |
|||
debug section at the end for details. Address 0 contains a jump 3 |
|||
beyond the start of the BIOS and address 5 contains a jump 6 beyond |
|||
the start of the BDOS. |
|||
|
|||
Be careful if you attempt to execute a transient program from |
|||
ZCPRDEMO. Some transient programs, like NSWP, return rather than |
|||
warm boot when done. These programs don't know that ZCPRDEMO is at |
|||
address 8000H rather than just under the BDOS. If they overwrite |
|||
ZCPRDEMO, then the return is to random code. Of course, this is not |
|||
a problem when ZCPR is installed just under the BDOS. |
|||
|
|||
2) You MUST edit the code to place your BDOS/P2DOS/Z80DOS/ZRDOS start |
|||
address in the P2DOS equate. Set COMLD true (and TEST false if you |
|||
set it true in step 1 above) and make ZCPR.COM. A bootstrap loader |
|||
will be included. |
|||
|
|||
Assuming you successfully assemble it, just type "zcpr" to run it. |
|||
However, every time there is a warm boot, it will be replaced by |
|||
the boot track CCP. If you like what you see, place a copy on the |
|||
boot track to make it available all the time. |
|||
|
|||
3) Reassemble, this time with COMLD false to make ZCPRNBLD.COM (ZCPR |
|||
No Boot LoaDer). |
|||
|
|||
4) Run SYSGEN to load a copy of the boot track into memory. |
|||
|
|||
B>; Sample terminal session for integrating ZCPR |
|||
B>sysgen |
|||
SYSGEN VER 2.2 |
|||
SOURCE DRIVE NAME (OR RETURN TO SKIP)a |
|||
SOURCE ON A, THEN TYPE RETURN <cr> |
|||
FUNCTION COMPLETE |
|||
DESTINATION DRIVE NAME (OR RETURN TO REBOOT) <cr> |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
5) Run SAVE to save a track image to a file (eg: SAVE 32 BOOTFILE). |
|||
The number on the save command depends on the size of your boot |
|||
track loader; it can be as small as 31 and as large as 44. If you |
|||
have extra disk space or are not sure, play it safe and use 44. |
|||
|
|||
B>save 44 cpm56.com <-- We now have a SYSGEN image of CP/M |
|||
|
|||
6) Find the location of the stock CCP by peeking at the boot file. It |
|||
is normally located at address 980H in the file. Using ZCPR: |
|||
|
|||
B>zcpr <-- Reload zcpr.com version |
|||
B>get 100 cpm56.com |
|||
|
|||
and search for the start of the console processor: |
|||
|
|||
B>peek 980 |
|||
0980 C3 xx xx C3 xx xx 7F 00 43 4F 50 59 52 49 47 48 |
|||
0990 54 20 ... |
|||
|
|||
If you don't find the start of the CCP at 980H, don't be |
|||
discouraged. It is there, but at a higher address. Keep looking. |
|||
|
|||
7) When you find the location of the CCP, patch it with the new ZCPR |
|||
image. |
|||
|
|||
B>get 980 zcprnbld.com |
|||
|
|||
8) Place the new file onto the boot track of a test disk, not your |
|||
original, using SYSGEN, and try it out. |
|||
|
|||
B>sysgen |
|||
SYSGEN VER 2.2 |
|||
SOURCE DRIVE NAME (OR RETURN TO SKIP) <cr> <-- Use memory image |
|||
DESTINATION DRIVE NAME (OR RETURN TO REBOOT)b <-- Load onto drive B |
|||
DESTINATION ON B, THEN TYPE RETURN <cr> |
|||
FUNCTION COMPLETE |
|||
DESTINATION DRIVE NAME (OR RETURN TO REBOOT) <cr> |
|||
|
|||
You should now have a ZCPR system boot disk. Notice you did all |
|||
your work on drive B so you wouldn't destroy the original. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
This may seem like a great number of steps, but each is only a single |
|||
CP/M command line, total time is only 5 minutes or so after you get |
|||
ZCPR to run as a .com file. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
Debugging ZCPR |
|||
============== |
|||
|
|||
Special provisions have been make to ease the debugging of ZCPR. |
|||
Setting the TEST equate true causes the assembler to build a version of |
|||
ZCPR that executes in the TPA. This allows the use of a debugger like |
|||
DDT, ZSID, or Z8E to load and monitor execution. To identify the debug |
|||
version, the prompt character is changed from '>' to '<' when it runs. |
|||
|
|||
CPRLOC for the test version is 8000H. A bootstrap loader is included |
|||
at the beginning to move the image to this address. Do not try to set |
|||
a breakpoint until after the loader has moved ZCPR. The easiest way to |
|||
accomplish this is to single-step through the loader and then set your |
|||
breakpoints. Change the execution address to something lower if 8000H |
|||
does not leave enough space for the debugger. |
|||
|
|||
A small amount of code is also added at the end of the debug version to |
|||
compute the BIOS list status and cold boot entry points at run time. |
|||
This permits the demo version to execute properly without setting the |
|||
BDOS location equate. |
|||
|
|||
Patching SUBMIT.COM |
|||
=================== |
|||
|
|||
SUBMIT.COM is patched to run with ZCPR by the following procedure. |
|||
This is recommended if the user does not have one of the newer public |
|||
domain versions of submit. This patch simply makes SUBMIT.COM always |
|||
place the $$$.SUB file on drive A. Illustrative terminal session |
|||
follows: |
|||
|
|||
A>get 100 submit.com;peek 5bb 2 |
|||
05BB 00 24 <-- Patch is at 5BB Hex |
|||
A>poke 5bb 1 <-- Change 0 (default drive) to 1 (drive A) |
|||
A>peek 5b0 20 <-- Let's check just to make sure |
|||
05B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 30 31 20 24 01 24 24 24 20 |
|||
05C0 20 20 20 20 53 55 42 00 00 00 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A |
|||
A>save 5 newsubmt.com <-- Save new SUBMIT.COM file |
|||
|
|||
Pretty simple, huh? |
|||
ny error message encountered that is not on this list came from some |
|||
prog |
|||
@ -1,45 +1,43 @@ |
|||
; |
|||
;================================================================================================== |
|||
; EASY Z80 STANDARD CONFIGURATION |
|||
;================================================================================================== |
|||
; |
|||
; THE COMPLETE SET OF DEFAULT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FOR THIS PLATFORM ARE FOUND IN THE |
|||
; CFG_<PLT>.ASM INCLUDED FILE WHICH IS FOUND IN THE PARENT DIRECTORY. THIS FILE CONTAINS |
|||
; COMMON CONFIGURATION SETTINGS THAT OVERRIDE THE DEFAULTS. IT IS INTENDED THAT YOU MAKE |
|||
; YOUR CUSTOMIZATIONS IN THIS FILE AND JUST INHERIT ALL OTHER SETTINGS FROM THE DEFAULTS. |
|||
; EVEN BETTER, YOU CAN MAKE A COPY OF THIS FILE WITH A NAME LIKE <PLT>_XXX.ASM AND SPECIFY |
|||
; YOUR FILE IN THE BUILD PROCESS. |
|||
; |
|||
; THE SETTINGS BELOW ARE THE SETTINGS THAT ARE MOST COMMONLY MODIFIED FOR THIS PLATFORM. |
|||
; MANY OF THEM ARE EQUAL TO THE SETTINGS IN THE INCLUDED FILE, SO THEY DON'T REALLY DO |
|||
; ANYTHING AS IS. THEY ARE LISTED HERE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO ADJUST THE MOST COMMON |
|||
; SETTINGS. |
|||
; |
|||
; N.B., SINCE THE SETTINGS BELOW ARE REDEFINING VALUES ALREADY SET IN THE INCLUDED FILE, |
|||
; TASM INSISTS THAT YOU USE THE .SET OPERATOR AND NOT THE .EQU OPERATOR BELOW. ATTEMPTING |
|||
; TO REDEFINE A VALUE WITH .EQU BELOW WILL CAUSE TASM ERRORS! |
|||
; |
|||
; PLEASE REFER TO THE CUSTOM BUILD INSTRUCTIONS (README.TXT) IN THE SOURCE DIRECTORY (TWO |
|||
; DIRECTORIES ABOVE THIS ONE). |
|||
; |
|||
#DEFINE PLATFORM_NAME "TINYZ80" |
|||
; |
|||
#include "cfg_ezz80.asm" |
|||
; |
|||
CRTACT .SET FALSE ; ACTIVATE CRT (VDU,CVDU,PROPIO,ETC) AT STARTUP |
|||
; |
|||
CPUOSC .SET 16000000 ; CPU OSC FREQ IN MHZ |
|||
; |
|||
IDEENABLE .SET TRUE ; IDE: ENABLE IDE DISK DRIVER (IDE.ASM) |
|||
; |
|||
PPIDEENABLE .SET TRUE ; PPIDE: ENABLE PARALLEL PORT IDE DISK DRIVER (PPIDE.ASM) |
|||
; |
|||
EIPCENABLE .SET TRUE ; EIPC: ENABLE Z80 EIPC (Z84C15) INITIALIZATION |
|||
; |
|||
CTCBASE .SET $10 ; CTC BASE I/O ADDRESS |
|||
LEDENABLE .SET TRUE ; ENABLES STATUS LED (SINGLE LED) |
|||
LEDPORT .SET $6E ; STATUS LED PORT ADDRESS |
|||
SIO0BASE .SET $18 ; SIO 0: REGISTERS BASE ADR |
|||
IDE0BASE .SET $90 ; IDE 0: IO BASE ADDRESS |
|||
; |
|||
PRPENABLE .SET FALSE ; PRP: ENABLE ECB PROPELLER IO BOARD DRIVER (PRP.ASM) |
|||
; |
|||
;================================================================================================== |
|||
; EASY Z80 STANDARD CONFIGURATION |
|||
;================================================================================================== |
|||
; |
|||
; THE COMPLETE SET OF DEFAULT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FOR THIS PLATFORM ARE FOUND IN THE |
|||
; CFG_<PLT>.ASM INCLUDED FILE WHICH IS FOUND IN THE PARENT DIRECTORY. THIS FILE CONTAINS |
|||
; COMMON CONFIGURATION SETTINGS THAT OVERRIDE THE DEFAULTS. IT IS INTENDED THAT YOU MAKE |
|||
; YOUR CUSTOMIZATIONS IN THIS FILE AND JUST INHERIT ALL OTHER SETTINGS FROM THE DEFAULTS. |
|||
; EVEN BETTER, YOU CAN MAKE A COPY OF THIS FILE WITH A NAME LIKE <PLT>_XXX.ASM AND SPECIFY |
|||
; YOUR FILE IN THE BUILD PROCESS. |
|||
; |
|||
; THE SETTINGS BELOW ARE THE SETTINGS THAT ARE MOST COMMONLY MODIFIED FOR THIS PLATFORM. |
|||
; MANY OF THEM ARE EQUAL TO THE SETTINGS IN THE INCLUDED FILE, SO THEY DON'T REALLY DO |
|||
; ANYTHING AS IS. THEY ARE LISTED HERE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO ADJUST THE MOST COMMON |
|||
; SETTINGS. |
|||
; |
|||
; N.B., SINCE THE SETTINGS BELOW ARE REDEFINING VALUES ALREADY SET IN THE INCLUDED FILE, |
|||
; TASM INSISTS THAT YOU USE THE .SET OPERATOR AND NOT THE .EQU OPERATOR BELOW. ATTEMPTING |
|||
; TO REDEFINE A VALUE WITH .EQU BELOW WILL CAUSE TASM ERRORS! |
|||
; |
|||
; PLEASE REFER TO THE CUSTOM BUILD INSTRUCTIONS (README.TXT) IN THE SOURCE DIRECTORY (TWO |
|||
; DIRECTORIES ABOVE THIS ONE). |
|||
; |
|||
#DEFINE PLATFORM_NAME "TINYZ80" |
|||
; |
|||
#include "cfg_ezz80.asm" |
|||
; |
|||
CRTACT .SET FALSE ; ACTIVATE CRT (VDU,CVDU,PROPIO,ETC) AT STARTUP |
|||
; |
|||
CPUOSC .SET 16000000 ; CPU OSC FREQ IN MHZ |
|||
; |
|||
IDEENABLE .SET TRUE ; IDE: ENABLE IDE DISK DRIVER (IDE.ASM) |
|||
; |
|||
PPIDEENABLE .SET TRUE ; PPIDE: ENABLE PARALLEL PORT IDE DISK DRIVER (PPIDE.ASM) |
|||
; |
|||
EIPCENABLE .SET TRUE ; EIPC: ENABLE Z80 EIPC (Z84C15) INITIALIZATION |
|||
; |
|||
CTCBASE .SET $10 ; CTC BASE I/O ADDRESS |
|||
LEDENABLE .SET TRUE ; ENABLES STATUS LED (SINGLE LED) |
|||
LEDPORT .SET $6E ; STATUS LED PORT ADDRESS |
|||
SIO0BASE .SET $18 ; SIO 0: REGISTERS BASE ADR |
|||
IDE0BASE .SET $90 ; IDE 0: IO BASE ADDRESS |
|||
|
|||
Binary file not shown.
Binary file not shown.
Binary file not shown.
@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ |
|||
SUPERSUB DOCUMENTATION (revised 09/13/81) |
|||
---------------------- |
|||
|
|||
09/05/81 |
|||
by Ron Fowler |
|||
Westland, Mich |
|||
|
|||
SUPERSUB is intended as a replacement program for SUBMIT.COM provided |
|||
with CP/M by Digital Research Corporation. This document assumes you |
|||
are familiar with that utility and its use. |
|||
|
|||
------------------ |
|||
|
|||
Version 1.1 update: |
|||
|
|||
Control-character translation has been added. This facility works |
|||
similarly to CP/M's SUBMIT, where a desired control character is gen- |
|||
erated in the text file by preceeding the character with a circumflex |
|||
character. For example, control-V is generated from "^V". Thanks to |
|||
Keith Petersen for pointing out this omission. |
|||
|
|||
A bug in line number reporting when errors are encountered has been |
|||
repaired. Line numbers reported should now correspond to the actual |
|||
line number in the file. |
|||
|
|||
------------------ |
|||
|
|||
SUPERSUB provides the following new capabilities: |
|||
|
|||
1) Null input lines are properly interpreted; they cause |
|||
the creation of a zero-length line in $$$.SUB. |
|||
|
|||
2) SUBMIT jobs may be nested. |
|||
|
|||
3) For small SUBMIT jobs, the command lines may be specified |
|||
on the SUPERSUB command line, seperated by semicolons. |
|||
|
|||
4) An interactive mode allows command lines to be entered |
|||
directly into SUPERSUB without need of a text editor. |
|||
|
|||
5) A built-in help function is provided. |
|||
|
|||
6) The output drive and number of allowable parameters may |
|||
by specified at assembly time. |
|||
|
|||
NESTING |
|||
------- |
|||
|
|||
SUBMIT jobs may be nested under SUPERSUB. For example, suppose you |
|||
have a submit file to compile a program: |
|||
|
|||
BASCOM =$1 |
|||
L80 $1,$1/N/E |
|||
PIP B:=$1.COM |
|||
ERA $1.REL |
|||
ERA $1.COM |
|||
|
|||
named COMPILE.SUB. You may then submit a job to compile several |
|||
programs using COMPILE.SUB. For example, you can create a file |
|||
called COMPALL.SUB consisting of: |
|||
|
|||
SUPERSUB COMPILE MYPROG |
|||
SUPERSUB COMPILE RBBS.ASC |
|||
SUPERSUB COMPILE PRIMES.BAS. |
|||
|
|||
This is especially useful when using INTERACTIVE or SUMMARY modes. |
|||
In combination with Ward Christensen's FMAP program (CPMUG), some |
|||
very powerful command structures may be built. |
|||
|
|||
SUMMARY MODE |
|||
------------ |
|||
|
|||
Summary mode allows the entire SUBMIT job to be specified in the |
|||
CP/M command line. This mode is enabled by using the slash ("/") |
|||
character as the first character of the command line. The indiv- |
|||
idual submit lines must be seperated with a semicolon. For example, |
|||
|
|||
A>SUPERSUB / CRCK *.* F;CRCK B:*.* F;COMPARE CRCKFILE.CRC B: ^ |
|||
| |
|||
----> (this space is optional) |
|||
|
|||
will create a file of CRC's of all files on A:, then create a similar |
|||
file on B:, then compare the two. (CRCK, by Keith Petersen, and |
|||
COMPARE, by Ward Christensen, are available from the CP/M Users Group). |
|||
|
|||
INTERACTIVE MODE |
|||
---------------- |
|||
|
|||
You may enter the interactive entry mode by typing "SUPERSUB /<CR>" |
|||
(ie, "SUPERSUB /" with no arguments). Supersub will prompt for input |
|||
with an asterisk, and you may then enter SUBMIT lines from the keyboard. |
|||
You may enter more than one logical line on a physical line using |
|||
semicolon seperation. An empty line terminates the input. Example: |
|||
|
|||
A>SUPERSUB / |
|||
*CRCK *.* F |
|||
*CRCK B:*.* F |
|||
*COMPARE CRCKFILE.CRC B: |
|||
* <empty line here> |
|||
A>CRCK *.* F <submit file begins execution> |
|||
|
|||
has the same effect as the above SUMMARY mode example. |
|||
|
|||
HELP FUNCTION |
|||
------------- |
|||
|
|||
Typing SUPERSUB with no arguments will print the built-in help file. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
NOTES |
|||
----- |
|||
|
|||
1) Nested SUBMIT runs are only usable up to a maximum of 128 nested |
|||
commands at any one time. This is a limitation of the CP/M Console |
|||
Command Processor. |
|||
|
|||
2) If you change the drive specification for the output file, you |
|||
may want to do the same thing with XSUB (Digital Research's function |
|||
nine extender). Within XSUB, find the submit File Control Block |
|||
(search for "$$$ SUB" within XSUB.COM) and change the first FCB |
|||
byte (ie, the byte before the first "$") to: |
|||
0 - use default drive |
|||
1 - use drive A: |
|||
2 - use drive B: |
|||
etc. |
|||
|
|||
3) In SUMMARY and INTERACTIVE modes, passed parameters have no meaning. |
|||
When these modes are used, the parameter flag, "$", will be passed |
|||
through literally to the output file. |
|||
|
|||
4) Zero-length output lines may be created in SUMMARY and INTERACTIVE |
|||
modes by using two consecutive semicolons. This is, in effect, a |
|||
blank logical line. |
|||
|
|||
5) Interactive mode may be aborted by typing control-C as the first |
|||
character of a line. Also, all normal CP/M editing characters are |
|||
available. |
|||
|
|||
@ -0,0 +1,623 @@ |
|||
File: UNARC.DOC |
|||
Subject: User Documentation for UNARC Program |
|||
Version: 1.6 |
|||
Date: March 27, 1987 |
|||
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
UNARC |
|||
|
|||
CP/M Archive File Extraction Utility |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
Copyright (C) 1986, 1987 by Robert A. Freed |
|||
All Rights Reserved |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
This file provides user-level documentation and operating instructions for |
|||
UNARC version 1.6, released March 27, 1987. Refer to the notice at the end of |
|||
this file regarding rights of use and distribution of this program. |
|||
|
|||
The release message file, UNARC.MSG, provides a list of all additional files |
|||
distributed with the current UNARC release and describes the program changes |
|||
from the previous version 1.4 and 1.5 releases. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
ABSTRACT |
|||
-------- |
|||
|
|||
UNARC is a utility program for CP/M systems which allows the listing, typeout, |
|||
printing, checking, and extraction of subfiles contained in "archive" library |
|||
(*.ARC or *.ARK) files. These are commonly used for compressed file storage |
|||
on remote access bulletin board systems. UNARC provides the CP/M user the |
|||
ability to process such files after downloading them via modem from these |
|||
remote systems. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
REQUIREMENTS |
|||
------------ |
|||
|
|||
UNARC requires CP/M version 2 or higher. The program is offered in two |
|||
versions. The standard version, UNARC.COM, requires a Z80 processor (or |
|||
compatible equivalent, e.g. HD64180 or NSC800). An alternate version, |
|||
UNARCA.COM, is provided for systems with 8080 or 8085 processors (or 16-bit |
|||
systems using the NEC V20 for CP/M emulation). Identical capabilities are |
|||
provided by the two program versions. |
|||
|
|||
NOTE |
|||
|
|||
Although UNARCA.COM can execute on ANY system capable of |
|||
supporting CP/M, it is larger and significantly slower than |
|||
UNARC.COM and should be avoided by users of Z80-based systems. |
|||
|
|||
UNARC is written in Z80 assembly language and requires only 5K bytes of disk |
|||
storage (6K for UNARCA). As distributed, the program requires at least 30K |
|||
bytes of available memory space (TPA) for full support of all archive file |
|||
formats (31K TPA size for UNARCA). (Smaller systems may be able to use some |
|||
of the program's capabilities.) |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
ABOUT ARC/ARK FILES |
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------------------- |
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|
|||
The files which UNARC processes utilize a format that was introduced by the |
|||
ARC shareware utility program, which executes on 16-bit computers running the |
|||
MS-DOS (or PC-DOS) operating system. This format has achieved widespread |
|||
popularity since the ARC program first appeared in March 1985, and it has |
|||
become the de facto standard for file storage on remote access systems |
|||
catering to 16-bit computer users. More recently this file format has |
|||
achieved increased popularity on RCP/M (Remote CP/M) systems. |
|||
|
|||
NOTE |
|||
|
|||
Most RCP/M system operators have adopted the convention of naming |
|||
CP/M archive files with the filetype ARK. This differentiates |
|||
these from MS-DOS archive files, which use the filetype ARC. This |
|||
is a naming convention only: There is no difference in format, |
|||
and UNARC will accept files of either type interchangeably. |
|||
|
|||
An archive is a group of files collected together into a single file in such a |
|||
way that the individual files may be recovered intact. In this respect, |
|||
archives are similar in function to libraries (*.LBR files), which have been |
|||
commonplace on CP/M systems since 1982, when the original LU library utility |
|||
program was introduced by Gary P. Novosielski. (However, the two file formats |
|||
are not compatible.) |
|||
|
|||
The distinguishing characteristic of an ARC archive is that its component |
|||
files are automatically compressed when they are added to the archive, so that |
|||
the resulting file occupies a minimum amount of disk space. Of course, file |
|||
compression techniques have also been commonplace in the CP/M world since |
|||
1981, when the public domain SQ and USQ "squeeze and unsqueeze" programs were |
|||
introduced by Richard Greenlaw. |
|||
|
|||
The SQ/USQ programs and their numerous popular descendants utilize a well- |
|||
known general-purpose form of data compression (Huffman coding). This |
|||
technique, which is also utilized in ARC files, performs well for many text |
|||
files but often produces poor compression of binary files (e.g. object program |
|||
.COM files). The ARC program also provides an advanced data compression |
|||
method, which it terms "crunching." This method (which is based on the |
|||
Lempel-Ziv-Welch or "LZW" algorithm) performs better than squeezing in most |
|||
cases, often achieving 50% or better compression of ASCII text files, 15-40% |
|||
compression of binary object files, and as much as 95% compression of bit- |
|||
mapped graphics image files. |
|||
|
|||
Five different methods are actually employed for storing files in an archive. |
|||
The method chosen for a particular file is the one which results in the best |
|||
compression for that file: |
|||
|
|||
(1) No compression ("unpacked"). The file is stored in its original form. |
|||
|
|||
(2) Run-length encoding ("packed"). Repeated sequences of 3-255 identical |
|||
bytes are compressed into a three-byte sequence. |
|||
|
|||
(3) Huffman coding ("squeezed"). Each 8-bit byte (after run-length encoding) |
|||
is encoded by a variable number of bits, with bit length (approximately) |
|||
inversely proportional to the frequency of occurence of the corresponding |
|||
byte. |
|||
|
|||
(4) LZW compression ("crunched"). Variable-length strings of bytes (in |
|||
theory, up to nearly 4000 bytes in length) are represented by a single |
|||
(maximum) 12-bit code (after run-length encoding). |
|||
|
|||
(5) LZW compression ("squashed"). This is a variation of crunching which |
|||
uses (maximum) 13-bit codes (and no run-length encoding). |
|||
|
|||
Note that since one of the five methods involves no compression at all, the |
|||
resulting archive entry will never be larger than the original file. |
|||
|
|||
NOTE |
|||
|
|||
The most recent release of the MS-DOS ARC program (version 5.20) |
|||
has eliminated squeezing as a compression technique. However, |
|||
UNARC continues to process squeezed files for compatibility with |
|||
archives created by earlier versions of ARC and by other MS-DOS |
|||
archiving programs (notably PKARC). |
|||
|
|||
The squashed compression method was recently introduced by the |
|||
MS-DOS programs PKARC and PKXARC. UNARC can process files which |
|||
use this method, although it is not universally accepted by other |
|||
MS-DOS archive extraction programs (including ARC). |
|||
|
|||
During its lifetime, the ARC program has undergone numerous revisions which |
|||
have employed different variations on some of the above methods, particularly |
|||
LZW compression. In order to retain compatibility with archives created by |
|||
earlier program revisions, ARC stores a "version" indicator with each file in |
|||
an archive. Based on this indicator, the latest release of the ARC program |
|||
can always extract files created by older releases (although it will only use |
|||
the latest data compression versions when adding new files to an archive). |
|||
|
|||
NOTE |
|||
|
|||
The current release of UNARC supports archive file versions |
|||
generated by all releases of the following MS-DOS programs through |
|||
(at least) the indicated program versions: |
|||
|
|||
ARC 5.20 (24 Oct 86), by System Enhancement Associates, Inc. |
|||
ARCA 1.22 (13 Sep 86), by Wayne Chin and Vernon Buerg |
|||
ARCH 5.38 (26 Jun 86), by Les Satenstein |
|||
PKARC 2.0 (15 Dec 86), by Phil Katz (PKWARE, Inc.) |
|||
|
|||
(UNARC does not recognize, but is unaffected by, the non-standard |
|||
archive and file commenting feature of PKARC.) |
|||
|
|||
Although the above discussion has emphasized the origin of archive files for |
|||
the MS-DOS operating system, their use has recently spread to many other |
|||
systems. Programs compatible with MS-DOS ARC have appeared for UNIX, Atari |
|||
68000, VAX/VMS, and TOPS-20 systems. A CP/M utility for building archive |
|||
files will also be available in the near future. |
|||
|
|||
For additional information about archive files and the MS-DOS ARC utility, |
|||
refer to the documentation file, ARC.DOC, which is available from most remote |
|||
access systems which utilize archive files. For additional information about |
|||
the LZW algorithm (and data compression methods in general), refer to the |
|||
article "A Technique for High-Performance Data Compression", by Terry A. |
|||
Welch, in IEEE Computer magazine, Vol. 17, No. 6, June 1984. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
USING UNARC |
|||
----------- |
|||
|
|||
The UNARC program provides an on-line help message, which is generated by |
|||
running the program with an empty command line: |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
A>UNARC |
|||
|
|||
UNARC 1.6 27 Mar 87 |
|||
CP/M Archive File Extractor |
|||
|
|||
Usage: UNARC [d:]arcfile[.typ] [d:][afn] [N|P|C] |
|||
|
|||
Examples: |
|||
B>UNARC A:SAVE.ARK *.* ; List all files in CP/M archive SAVE on drive A |
|||
B>UNARC A:SAVE.ARC *.* ; List all files in MS-DOS archive SAVE on drive A |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE ; Same as either of above |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE *.* N ; Same as above (no screen pauses) |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE *.DOC ; List just .DOC files |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE READ.ME ; Typeout the file READ.ME |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE READ.ME N ; Typeout the file READ.ME (no screen pauses) |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE A: ; Extract all files to drive A |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE B:*.DOC ; Extract .DOC files to drive B |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE C:READ.ME ; Extract file READ.ME to drive C |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE PRN.DAT P ; Print the file PRN.DAT (no formatting) |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE *.* C ; Check validity of all files in archive |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
As shown by this help display, the UNARC utility provides the following |
|||
capabilities: |
|||
|
|||
(1) Listing the directory of an archive |
|||
(2) Extracting component files from an archive |
|||
(3) Typing the contents of a component file at the console |
|||
(4) Printing a component file directly on the CP/M list device |
|||
(5) Checking the validity of an archive and its component files |
|||
|
|||
The particular operation to be performed is determined by the form of the file |
|||
parameter(s) in the command line, as described separately in the sections |
|||
which follow. The following characteristics apply to all operations: |
|||
|
|||
The first command line parameter must specify the name of an archive file. A |
|||
drive name and filetype are optional. The filetype, if omitted, defaults to |
|||
"ARK" or, if no such file exists, the alternate (MS-DOS) default "ARC" is |
|||
assumed. |
|||
|
|||
The standard CP/M terminal control characters, CTRL-S (to suspend console |
|||
output) and CTRL-C (to abort the program), may be used at any time. CTRL-K |
|||
may also be used as an alternate for CTRL-C. Printer output to the CP/M list |
|||
device may be obtained by typing CTRL-P at CCP command level before executing |
|||
UNARC. |
|||
|
|||
In addition, by default UNARC will pause after every 23 lines of console |
|||
output. At this time, the message "[more]" will appear at the bottom of the |
|||
console screen. The listing may be resumed by typing any key (other than |
|||
CTRL-S, CTRL-C, or CTRL-K, which will function as described above). If the |
|||
space bar is used, one more line of console output will be displayed (over- |
|||
writing the "[more]" message) and the program will again pause. If any other |
|||
key is typed (e.g. RETURN), another 23 lines of output will be allowed to |
|||
scroll onto the screen before the next pause. (LINE FEED may be used to |
|||
prevent overprinting of the "[more]" line, e.g. for hard-copy terminals.) |
|||
|
|||
If continuous display is desired, this automatic pause feature may be disabled |
|||
by specifying "N" at the end of the command line. The "N" must be the last |
|||
command line character, and it must be preceded by a space. Also, there must |
|||
be two preceding file parameters on the command line. E.g., note the |
|||
difference between the following commands: |
|||
|
|||
A>UNARC SAVE N ; Typeout the file N. in archive SAVE |
|||
A>UNARC SAVE *.* N ; List all files in archive SAVE with no pauses |
|||
|
|||
The N option may not be used in conjunction with the P (Print) or C (Check) |
|||
options. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
LISTING AN ARCHIVE DIRECTORY |
|||
---------------------------- |
|||
|
|||
By default, UNARC produces a detailed console listing of the component files |
|||
in an archive. (In fact, there is no way to suppress this listing; it is |
|||
generated during all UNARC operations.) If only the archive file name appears |
|||
on the command line, UNARC will generate a complete directory of all component |
|||
files in the specified archive file. Otherwise, the second command line |
|||
parameter may be used to select a particular file to be listed (or group of |
|||
files, if it contains the ambiguous file specification characters "*" or "?"). |
|||
If no disk drive name is provided for the second parameter, and this parameter |
|||
specifies a group of files, the directory listing is the only output generated |
|||
by the program. |
|||
|
|||
A sample directory listing is illustrated here: |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
A>UNARC CODES |
|||
|
|||
Archive File = CODES.ARK |
|||
|
|||
Name Length Disk Method Ver Stored Saved Date Time CRC |
|||
============ ======= ==== ======== === ======= ===== ========= ====== ==== |
|||
ABLE .DOC 24320 24k Crunched 8 11777 52% 30 Apr 86 10:50a 42C0 |
|||
BRAVO .COM 17152 17k Squeezed 4 14750 14% 2 May 86 4:11p 8CBD |
|||
CHARLIE .TXT 234 1k Packed 3 99 58% 2 May 86 4:11p 8927 |
|||
==== ======= ==== ======= === ==== |
|||
Total 3 41706 42k 26626 36% 58A4 |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
This listing is equivalent to the "verbose" listing of the MS-DOS ARC program |
|||
(with the addition of the "Disk" and "Ver" fields, which are unique to UNARC). |
|||
The listing requires a 78-column terminal width; there is currently no "short" |
|||
listing format. |
|||
|
|||
"Name" is the file name which will be generated if the file is extracted by |
|||
UNARC on a CP/M system. (This is not necessarily the same as the name |
|||
recorded in the archive file. Although CP/M and MS-DOS file naming |
|||
conventions are identical, two conversions are made to guarantee file name |
|||
validity under CP/M: Lower-case letters are converted to upper-case, and |
|||
non-printing characters are converted to dollar signs, "$".) Archive entries |
|||
are usually maintained (and hence listed) in alphabetic name order. |
|||
|
|||
"Length" is the uncompressed file length, i.e. the number of bytes the file |
|||
will occupy if extracted to disk, exclusive of any additional length imposed |
|||
by the CP/M file system. Note that MS-DOS permits files of arbitrary lengths |
|||
(unlike CP/M which restricts all files to a multiple of 128 bytes). |
|||
|
|||
"Disk" is the actual amount of disk space required to extract the file to a |
|||
CP/M disk, expressed as a multiple of 1K (1024) bytes. Note that this number |
|||
is dependent on the disk data allocation block size. (CP/M permits various |
|||
block sizes, ranging from 1K to 16K bytes. Typical sizes are 1K for single- |
|||
density floppy disks, 2K for double-density floppies, and 4K for hard disks, |
|||
although these values are quite system-dependent.) In the absence of an |
|||
explicit output drive name, UNARC uses the block size of the default |
|||
(currently "logged") disk drive (i.e. the drive which appears in the CCP |
|||
prompt). |
|||
|
|||
"Method" is the compression method used, specified as "Unpacked", "Packed", |
|||
"Squeezed", "Crunched", "Squashed", or "Unknown!". If the method "Unknown!" |
|||
appears, it most likely indicates (if not a faulty archive file) a newer |
|||
release of the MS-DOS ARC program that supports a new compression method (or a |
|||
new variation of an existing method). In this case, a corresponding new |
|||
release of UNARC will be required to extract the file. |
|||
|
|||
"Ver" further identifies the version of compression used. Currently, UNARC |
|||
supports versions 1-9: unpacked files can have versions 1 or 2; packed files, |
|||
version 3; squeezed files, version 4; crunched files, versions 5-8; and |
|||
squashed files, version 9. The highest version number associated with each |
|||
compression method is the one generated by the most recent release of the |
|||
MS-DOS ARC program. |
|||
|
|||
"Stored" is the compressed file length, i.e. the number of bytes occupied by |
|||
the file in the archive. (This does not include the overhead associated with |
|||
the directory information itself, which adds an additional 29 bytes to the |
|||
size of each component file.) |
|||
|
|||
"Saved" is the percentage of the original file length which was saved by |
|||
compression; i.e., higher values indicate better compression. (The MS-DOS ARC |
|||
documentation refers to this as the "stowage factor.") The value shown on the |
|||
totals line applies to the archive as a whole, not including the directory |
|||
overhead. |
|||
|
|||
"Date" and "Time" refer to the last file modification, as of the time it was |
|||
added to the archive. (Date and time stamping is, of course, one of the nice |
|||
features of MS-DOS which is lacking in standard CP/M 2.2.) |
|||
|
|||
"CRC" is an internal 16-bit cyclic redundancy check value which is computed |
|||
when a file is added to an archive (expressed in hexadecimal). As a test of |
|||
file validity, UNARC re-computes this value when it extracts a file (see |
|||
below). Note that this value is calculated by a different method than that |
|||
used by either of the two popular public domain programs, CRCK and CHEK. (It |
|||
is however quite valid as a reliable error-detection mechanism.) This value |
|||
is shown in the listing for completeness only. The value shown on the totals |
|||
line is the 16-bit sum of all displayed CRC values. This is useful as a |
|||
single "checksum" value for comparing entire archives. (Since the CRC values |
|||
are computed before compression takes place, the total should be the same for |
|||
all archives created from the same set of input files, independent of any |
|||
particular variations in file order or compression methods.) |
|||
|
|||
The "Total" line is displayed only if multiple files appear in the listing, |
|||
and it includes a count of the number of files listed. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
EXTRACTING FILES FROM AN ARCHIVE |
|||
-------------------------------- |
|||
|
|||
If the second command line parameter contains a disk drive name, UNARC will |
|||
extract the selected file(s) from the archive to CP/M file(s) on the indicated |
|||
disk drive. If only a drive name appears, all component files of the archive |
|||
will be extracted. The following illustrates a sample archive directory |
|||
listing as generated during a file extraction operation: |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
A>UNARC CODES B: |
|||
|
|||
Archive File = CODES.ARK |
|||
Output Drive = B: |
|||
|
|||
Name Length Disk Method Ver Stored Saved Date Time CRC |
|||
============ ======= ==== ======== === ======= ===== ========= ====== ==== |
|||
ABLE .DOC 24320 24k Crunched 8 11777 52% 30 Apr 86 10:50a 42C0 |
|||
Replace existing output file (y/n)? Y |
|||
BRAVO .COM 17152 18k Squeezed 4 14740 14% 2 May 86 4:11p 8CBD |
|||
Warning: Extracted file has incorrect CRC |
|||
Warning: Extracted file has incorrect length |
|||
Warning: Bad archive file header, bytes skipped = 10 |
|||
CHARLIE .TXT 234 2k Packed 3 99 58% 2 May 86 4:11p 8927 |
|||
==== ======= ==== ======= === ==== |
|||
Total 3 41706 44k 26616 36% 58A4 |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
The above listing also illustrates several warning messages which may occur |
|||
when extracting files from an archive. |
|||
|
|||
The message "Replace existing output file (y/n)?" appears if a file of the |
|||
same name already exists on the output drive. The user must answer "Y" (or |
|||
"y") to allow the extraction to proceed (in which case, the existing file is |
|||
unceremoniously deleted). Any other response will cause UNARC to preserve the |
|||
existing file, bypass the extraction operation for the current file, and |
|||
(except for a CTRL-C response) skip to the next file to be extracted (if any). |
|||
|
|||
The first two warning messages illustrated above are provided as a check on |
|||
the validity of the extracted file. These indicate that either the cyclic |
|||
redundancy check (CRC) value computed by UNARC, or the resulting extracted |
|||
file length, does not match the corresponding value recorded in the archive |
|||
when the original file was added to it. The final warning message occurs if |
|||
UNARC fails to detect the proper format for the start of a new subfile, but |
|||
can recover by skipping a certain number of bytes in the archive file. (If |
|||
the recovery attempt fails, UNARC aborts with the message "Invalid archive |
|||
file format.") The appearance of any of these messages most likely indicates |
|||
that the file data has been corrupted in some way (e.g. during modem |
|||
transmission from a remote system). |
|||
|
|||
Note that if the original (i.e. MS-DOS) file length was not an exact multiple |
|||
of 128 bytes (as required by CP/M), UNARC will pad the final record of the |
|||
extracted file with hex "1A" (ASCII CTRL-Z) bytes. This provides the correct |
|||
end-of-file termination for text files, according to CP/M conventions. |
|||
|
|||
Also, the disk space shown in the archive directory listing will be correct |
|||
for the specified disk drive. (In the above examples, drive A: has a 1K data |
|||
allocation block size while drive B: has a 2K block size, which accounts for |
|||
the differences in the two listings.) In order to determine the exact disk |
|||
space requirements in advance of a file extraction operation, the user may |
|||
first "log into" the desired output drive (i.e. select it as the default |
|||
drive), and run UNARC to obtain a directory listing only. (This is a |
|||
consideration only on systems with mixed disk drive types.) |
|||
|
|||
A file extraction operation may be aborted at any time by entering CTRL-C from |
|||
the console. In this case, any partial output file will remain on disk and |
|||
should be deleted manually following the program abort. (Any existing file of |
|||
the same name will have already been deleted, however.) |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
TYPING OUT A FILE IN AN ARCHIVE |
|||
------------------------------- |
|||
|
|||
A console typeout of the contents of a single component file in an archive may |
|||
be requested by specifying a non-ambiguous file name (and no disk drive name) |
|||
in the second command line parameter. For example: |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
A>UNARC CODES ABLE.DOC |
|||
|
|||
Archive File = CODES.ARK |
|||
|
|||
Name Length Disk Method Ver Stored Saved Date Time CRC |
|||
============ ======= ==== ======== === ======= ===== ========= ====== ==== |
|||
ABLE .DOC 24320 24k Crunched 8 11777 52% 30 Apr 86 10:50a 42C0 |
|||
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|||
This is file ABLE.DOC, contained within the archive CODES.ARK. Typeout will |
|||
proceed until the end of this file or may be aborted by CTRL-C..... |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
The specified file is assumed to contain valid ASCII text data. In |
|||
particular, all bytes are masked to seven bits, and all ASCII control |
|||
characters are ignored except for HT (horizontal tab, which is expanded to |
|||
blanks with assumed tab stops at every eighth column), LF, VT or FF (line |
|||
feed, vertical tab or form feed, which generate a new typeout line), and SUB |
|||
(CTRL-Z, which by CP/M convention indicates end-of-file and terminates the |
|||
typeout). Note that BS (backspace) and CR (carriage return) are ignored, so |
|||
that text will not be obscured within files which utilize these for over- |
|||
printing (i.e. when directed to a printer). |
|||
|
|||
The following filetypes, which are usually associated with binary (non-text) |
|||
data, are specifically excluded from typeout operations: COM, EXE, OBJ, OV?, |
|||
REL, ?RL, INT, SYS, BAD, LBR, ARC, ARK, ?Q?, and ?Z?. If one of these types |
|||
is specified, only the directory information for the requested file is listed. |
|||
|
|||
Note that CRC and file length checking are not performed during a typeout |
|||
operation, as they are during extraction to a disk file. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
PRINTING A FILE IN AN ARCHIVE |
|||
----------------------------- |
|||
|
|||
A single component file in an archive may be output directly to the printer |
|||
(CP/M list device) by specifying a trailing "P" on the command line. The "P" |
|||
must be the last command line character, and it must be separated from the |
|||
second file parameter by a space. (The file parameter must specify a non- |
|||
ambiguous file name and no disk drive name.) For example: |
|||
|
|||
A>UNARC CODES CHARLIE.TXT P |
|||
|
|||
The specified file is assumed to contain data suitable for printer output and |
|||
is passed directly to the printer without alteration or additional formatting. |
|||
This operation is particularly well-suited for output of binary graphics |
|||
images on dot-matrix printers, since these can be extemely large but tend to |
|||
compress quite well (e.g. to less than 5% of their original size). Note that |
|||
the binary data filetypes which are excluded from typeout operations are also |
|||
excluded from printing operations. Printing may be paused or aborted by use |
|||
of the console CTRL-S and CTRL-C characters. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
CHECKING FILES IN AN ARCHIVE |
|||
---------------------------- |
|||
|
|||
UNARC may be directed to extract one or more component files from an archive, |
|||
without actually storing these as disk files, by specifying a trailing "C" on |
|||
the command line. This operation performs file CRC and length checking, and |
|||
it is useful for verifying correct modem data transmission of an archive. The |
|||
"C" must be the last command line character, and it must be separated from the |
|||
second file parameter by a space. (The file parameter must not specify a disk |
|||
drive name, which indicates extraction to disk.) To check an entire archive, |
|||
specify "*.*" for the second file parameter, for example: |
|||
|
|||
A>UNARC CODES *.* C |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
PROGRAM OPTIONS |
|||
--------------- |
|||
|
|||
UNARC provides several options which may be used to tailor the program for |
|||
specific non-universal requirements. Many of these are intended for RCP/M |
|||
(Remote CP/M) system operators, to allow generation of a secure version of |
|||
UNARC which can be used by remote callers for purposes of archive directory |
|||
listing and/or file typeout only (but not file extraction). Others are |
|||
provided for specialized non-standard CP/M systems and need not concern the |
|||
majority of users running CP/M 2.2, CP/M 3.0 (CP/M Plus), or ZCPR3/ZRDOS |
|||
systems. Additional options provide user preference features (such as the |
|||
number of screen lines between console output pauses, or the list of filetypes |
|||
excluded from typeout operations). |
|||
|
|||
All of these options are described in UNARCOVL.ASM, an assembly language |
|||
source file that can be edited and assembled to generate a HEX-format overlay |
|||
for easy patching of the UNARC.COM or UNARCA.COM program files. Complete |
|||
details are provided for technically-oriented users in UNARCOVL.ASM. However, |
|||
the default options in the distributed program files are suitable for the |
|||
majority of users with standard CP/M operating systems. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION |
|||
-------------------- |
|||
|
|||
The UNARC program, its documentation, and all related files are distributed in |
|||
archive file format (of course!). The distribution file is named UNARCxx.ARK, |
|||
where "xx" is derived from the current version number (e.g. UNARC16.ARK for |
|||
version 1.6). (This does not include the program source code, which is |
|||
distributed separately.) This archive has the special characteristic that it |
|||
is "self-unpacking." I.e., a separate copy of the UNARC.COM program file is |
|||
NOT required to extract the component files from this archive. |
|||
|
|||
The procedure for extracting the distribution files is quite simple: First, |
|||
copy or rename UNARCxx.ARK to a program file, UNARCxx.COM, on the current disk |
|||
drive. (Note that the filename, UNARCxx, must NOT be changed.) Then, run |
|||
this program with a single optional command line parameter specifying the disk |
|||
drive to which all distribution files will be extracted (defaults to current |
|||
drive). |
|||
|
|||
For example, assuming UNARC16.ARK is on drive B: and the files are to be |
|||
extracted to drive C:, the following CP/M commands may be used: |
|||
|
|||
A>B: ; Set current drive for UNARC16.ARK |
|||
B>REN UNARC16.COM=UNARC16.ARK ; Rename it to UNARC16.COM |
|||
B>UNARC16 C: ; Run it to extract all files to drive C: |
|||
|
|||
Note that this self-unpacking capability is provided only by the distributed |
|||
archive file, and it will not work if that file is altered or reconstructed. |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
AUTHOR'S NOTE |
|||
------------- |
|||
|
|||
I undertook writing the UNARC program to satisfy my curiosity about software |
|||
developments in the MS-DOS/PC-DOS world. At the time I began work on UNARC, |
|||
the MS-DOS ARC program had been in existence for over a year and had achieved |
|||
widespread popularity and acceptance in the 16-bit community. Unfortunately, |
|||
the lack of a compatible equivalent for CP/M systems rendered a large amount |
|||
of public domain software inaccessible to 8-bit users such as myself. (Note |
|||
that 16-bit software can indeed be of interest to users of 8-bit systems, e.g. |
|||
Pascal and C language programs.) |
|||
|
|||
Also, an increasing number of RCP/M systems now cater to both 8-bit and 16-bit |
|||
users. Since the release of UNARC 1.0 (May 3, 1986), I have been encouraged |
|||
to see that the program has found a welcome home on many such systems. |
|||
Special thanks are due to Irv Hoff and Norman Beeler for providing archive |
|||
file support in the KMD20 and LUX52 series of programs, respectively. With |
|||
the increasing popularity of .ARC files on many different computer systems, I |
|||
believe that continued such support of this compression format is both |
|||
desirable and inevitable for CP/M systems. At the time of this writing I am |
|||
about to release NOAH, a companion program to UNARC which will allow CP/M |
|||
users to generate ARC-compatible files. |
|||
|
|||
Bob Freed |
|||
March 27, 1987 |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
NOTICE |
|||
|
|||
The UNARC program and its associated documentation is the copy- |
|||
righted property of its author -- it is NOT in the public domain. |
|||
HOWEVER... Free use, distribution, and modification of these |
|||
files is permitted (and encouraged), subject to the following |
|||
conditions: |
|||
|
|||
(1) Such use or distribution must be for non-profit purposes only. |
|||
(2) The author's copyright notice may not be altered or removed. |
|||
(3) Modifications to this program or its documentation files may |
|||
not be distributed without notification of and approval by |
|||
the author. |
|||
(4) The source program code may not be used, in whole or in part, |
|||
in any other publicly-distributed or derivative work without |
|||
similar notification and approval. |
|||
|
|||
No fee is requested or expected for the use and distribution of |
|||
this program subject to the above conditions. The author reserves |
|||
the right to modify these conditions for any future revisions of |
|||
this program. Questions, comments, suggestions, commercial |
|||
inquiries, and bug reports or fixes are welcomed by the author: |
|||
|
|||
Robert A. Freed |
|||
62 Miller Road |
|||
Newton Centre, MA 02159 |
|||
Telephone (617) 332-3533 |
|||
|
|||
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|
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|||
UNZIPZ vers 0.3 |
|||
Z-System UNZIPPER |
|||
|
|||
UNZIZ can extract all files from any zip file created by PKZIP on MSDOS. |
|||
As such it should prove useful on CP/M systems for extracting CP/M relevant |
|||
files from zip archives found on BBSs or the Web since UNZIPZ preserves date |
|||
stamps on CP/M systems with Date Stamping. |
|||
|
|||
To use UNZIPZ use the following Syntax: |
|||
|
|||
UNZIP [dir:]ufn[.ZIP][dir:][afn ][/o] |
|||
|
|||
On ZCPR3x systems {dir} can be either in named directory or DU (Drive |
|||
Letter followed by User number) form otherwise, the DU form must be used. |
|||
If {afn} is not given, *.* is assumed. If no option is specified, UNZIPZ |
|||
checks the CRCs of the files matching {dir:afn}. The only option is E which |
|||
causes the extraction of files matching {dir:afn} unless the file already |
|||
exists. In that case, the user is informed that it exists and the file is not |
|||
extracted. To extract such files, they must be erased and then extraction |
|||
reattempted. |
|||
|
|||
For each file processed, the following information is displayed: Name, |
|||
Uncompressed Length, Stored Length, Compression Method, PKZIP Version, |
|||
File Date and Time, 32 bit CRC and Status. Status consists of CRC OK, CRC |
|||
ERR or EXISTS. Example ouput: |
|||
|
|||
UNZIPZ Version 0.4-1 - SC |
|||
|
|||
ZIP archive = H4:SOURCE.ZIP |
|||
Output Drive = H4: |
|||
Name Length Stored Method Ver File Date & Time CRC STATUS |
|||
============ ======= ======= ======== === ========= ===== ======== ======= |
|||
UDATZI .Z80 3201 1320 Deflated 20 19 Oct 20 07:22 CC7E8454 CRC OK |
|||
UNZIP .Z80 18464 5419 Deflated 20 19 Oct 20 21:16 45E711B1 CRC OK |
|||
UNZIP12 .Z80 17649 5042 Deflated 20 08 Jun 20 07:46 4C05E1AB EXISTS |
|||
|
|||
The current version is a significant revision of ver 0.2. Main improvement |
|||
is the addition of the undeflate algorithm (thanks Martin). In addition the |
|||
CRCs are only checked for extracted files which speeds things up |
|||
considerably. Speedups to the undeflate algorithm by Russell Marks have |
|||
also been incorporated. The ouput display has been improved substantialy |
|||
and is similar to UNARCZ10. |
|||
|
|||
Version 0.2 Notes by Simon Cran. |
|||
|
|||
The files in this archive are my Z-modified version of UNZIP 1.2. They |
|||
consist of three files in order to make sure that the unitialised data ends |
|||
up at the end of all files linked. Also, because the unitialised data file |
|||
(UDATZI.Z80) needed to share some equates with the main program, all |
|||
equates have been put in a separate .LIB file. |
|||
|
|||
The original program is fast and dirty. This Z-modified version gets rid of |
|||
some of the dirty without sacrificing too much else. Note however, it is |
|||
only in embryonic stages... It has not developed to the point of UNARCZ10 |
|||
for example. |
|||
|
|||
That said though, it does work, and well enough to find a niche out there. |
|||
Its main advantage is speed when you wish to extract all the files in the |
|||
archive. You can now specify particular files to extract, but it isn't much |
|||
quicker in that mode, as it still decodes each file in the archive and checks |
|||
its CRC. That will change in a future version. |
|||
|
|||
The display is now better, but it is very much in development mode! The |
|||
idea is to have it approximately mimic UNARCZ10. It kind of does that now, |
|||
but leaves out a lot of information... I'm working on it! |
|||
|
|||
Source code is included, but without comments. If you'd like to know more, |
|||
contact me. |
|||
|
|||
Simeon! |
|||
Z-Node 62 |
|||
Perth |
|||
Western Australia. |
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===== ZSDOS Disk for RomWBW ===== |
|||
|
|||
This disk is one of several ready-to-run disks provided with |
|||
RomWBW. It contains a customized version of ZSDOS 1.1 for RomWBW. |
|||
The disk is bootable as is (the operating system image is already |
|||
embedded in the system tracks) and can be launched from the RomWBW |
|||
Loader prompt. |
|||
|
|||
The remainder of this document describes the contents and usage of |
|||
this disk. It is highly recommended that you review the "RomWBW |
|||
Getting Started.pdf" document found in the Doc directory of the |
|||
RomWBW Distribution. |
|||
|
|||
ZSDOS is a replacement for the BDOS portion of the CP/M 2.2 operating |
|||
system. Since it does not include it's own command processor, the |
|||
the ZCPR 1 D&J Command Processor has been included. |
|||
|
|||
The primary documentation for ZSDOS and ZCPR 1 are contained in the Doc |
|||
directory of the RomWBW distribution. The specific files are "ZSDOS |
|||
Manual.pdf", "ZCPR Manual.pdf", and "ZCPR-DJ.doc". This document is a |
|||
supplement to the primary documentation. |
|||
|
|||
The starting point for the disk content was the final public release of |
|||
ZSDOS which is generally available on the Internet. Overall, the |
|||
following steps were performed: |
|||
|
|||
1. System installation and integration with RomWBW. |
|||
2. Update files to newer versions, as available. |
|||
3. Configure applications for RomWBW (clock drivers, terminal emulation, |
|||
etc.) |
|||
4. Add selected CP/M 2 applications (listed below). |
|||
5. Add selected RomWBW supplemental applications (listed below). |
|||
6. Add some useful general purpose applications (listed below). |
|||
|
|||
Note that ZSDOS can be built as either ZSDOS or ZDDOS. It is the same |
|||
source file, but an equate determines which variation you want to |
|||
build. Basically, ZSDOS has more features. ZDDOS has less features, but |
|||
includes the date stamping code built-in. The ZSDOS Manual provides |
|||
more information. I have chosen to use ZSDOS to pick up the maximum |
|||
number of features. Date stamping is still available, but must be |
|||
loaded as an RSX. |
|||
|
|||
The source allows you to compile the OS code as either v1.1 or v1.2 via |
|||
an equate. Version 1.2 was never distributed and contains only a few |
|||
minor fixes. Unfortunately, the use of v1.2 would make it incompatible |
|||
with many support modules and overlays due to their reliance on |
|||
hard-coded address assumptions. This is probably why it was never |
|||
distributed. I encountered this myself with the date stamping code –- |
|||
it won't work with v1.2 because it does a version check. For now, I have |
|||
chosen to use v1.1 to maximize compatibility (seems to be what everyone |
|||
is doing). Ultimately, I may go back and try to rebuild everything in |
|||
the distribution to bring it all up to v1.2. That is for the future |
|||
though. |
|||
|
|||
== Construction Notes == |
|||
|
|||
As I worked through the files in the distribution, it became clear that |
|||
there were problems with the distribution. For example, the .CFG files |
|||
for some apps (like FILEDATE.COM) are not acceptable to ZCNFG. |
|||
Additionally, the STAMPS.DAT file contains code that simply does not |
|||
work. In all of these cases, I found updated or fixed versions of the |
|||
files. However, the point is that I concluded I would need to go |
|||
through the distribution file-by-file and validate everything, |
|||
replacing anything that was not working as it should. See the notes below |
|||
for what I did. |
|||
|
|||
The following list details the changes I made as I went along. In all |
|||
cases, my goal was to keep the result as close to the original |
|||
distribution as possible. |
|||
|
|||
- CLOCKS.DAT has been updated to include the RomWBW clock driver, |
|||
WBWCLK. I have also added the SIMHCLOK clock driver. |
|||
- STAMPS.DAT has been replaced with an updated version. The update |
|||
was called STAMPS11.DAT and was found on the Walnut Creek CP/M CDROM. |
|||
The original version has a bug that causes RSX (resident system |
|||
extension) mode to fail to load properly. |
|||
- The original LDTIMD.COM and LDTIMP.COM have been replaced with |
|||
LDDS.COM (DateStamper) and LDP2D.COM (P2DOS) respectively. They are |
|||
equivalent but configured to use the RomWBW clock driver. They were |
|||
built exactly the same as the originals: Relative Clock driver w/ RSX |
|||
mode loading. |
|||
- A driver for NZT format time stamping has been added. It is called |
|||
LDNZT.COM. |
|||
- Updated FILEDATE.COM and FILEDATE.CFG from original v1.7 to v2.1. |
|||
The FILEDATE.CFG originally supplied was invalid. |
|||
- Updated FILEATTR to v1.6A. Original FILEATTR.CFG was invalid. |
|||
FILEATTR.CFG was replaced with FA16.CFG. Added associated files |
|||
FA16.DOC, FA16A.FOR, FA16CFG.TXT. |
|||
- Updated COPY.COM to v1.73. Also updated COPY.CFG to the one |
|||
distributed with COPY.COM v1.73. The original COPY.CFG was invalid |
|||
and appeared to be for a much older version of COPY. |
|||
- Configured DATSWEEP.COM and DSCONFIG to use ANSI Standard terminal |
|||
definition using SETTERM. |
|||
|
|||
== Usage Notes == |
|||
|
|||
- All installation steps needed to run ZSDOS have already been |
|||
performed. It is not necessary to perform any of the steps in |
|||
the "Installing ZSDOS" section of the ZSDOS Manual unless you |
|||
want to modify the installation. |
|||
- ZSDOS has a concept of fast relog of drives. This means that after |
|||
a warm start, it avoids the overhead of relogging all the disk |
|||
drives. There are times when this causes issues. After using tools |
|||
like CLRDIR or MAP, you may need to run "RELOG" to get the drive |
|||
properly recognized by ZSDOS. |
|||
- ZSVSTAMP from the original distribution is included, but requires a |
|||
ZCPR 3.X command processor. The RomWBW ZSDOS disk image uses ZCPR 1.0 |
|||
(intentionally, to reduce space usage) and ZSVSTAMP will just abort |
|||
in this case. It will work fine if you implement NZCOM. ZSVSTAMP is |
|||
included solely to facilitate usage if/when you install NZCOM. |
|||
- FILEDATE only works with DateStamper style date stamping. If you |
|||
run it on a drive that is not initialized for DateStamper, it will |
|||
complain "FILEDATE, !!!TIME&.DAT missing". This is normal and just |
|||
means that you have not initialized that drive for DateStamper (using |
|||
PUTDS). |
|||
- ZXD will handle either DateStamper or P2DOS type date stamping. |
|||
However, it MUST be configured appropriately. As distributed, it will |
|||
look for DateStamper date stamps. Use ZCNFG to reconfigure it for |
|||
P2DOS date stamps if that is what you are using. |
|||
- Many of the tools can be configured (using either ZCNFG or |
|||
DSCONFIG). The configuration process modifies the actual application |
|||
file itself. This will fail if you try to modify one that is on the |
|||
ROM disk because it will not be able to update the image. |
|||
- DATSWEEP can be configured using DSCONFIG. However, DSCONFIG itself |
|||
needs to be configured first for proper terminal emulation by using |
|||
SETTERM. So, run SETTERM on DSCONFIG before using DSCONFIG to |
|||
configure DATSWEEP! |
|||
- After using PUTDS to initialize a directory for ZDS date stamping, |
|||
I am finding that it is necessary to run RELOG before the stamping |
|||
routines will actually start working. |
|||
- Generic CP/M PIP and ZSDOS path searching do not mix well if you |
|||
use PIP to copy to or from a directory in the ZSDOS search path. Best |
|||
to use COPY from the ZSDOS distribution. |
|||
- PUTBG.COM and BGPATCH.HEX are included, but note that they are for |
|||
use with BackGrounder II software which is not included. Refer to |
|||
the ZSDOS Manual for information on implementing BackGrounder II if |
|||
desired. |
|||
|
|||
== CP/M 2.2 Files == |
|||
|
|||
The following files have been included from CP/M 2.2. These files |
|||
provide various functionality that is not really available from the |
|||
ZSDOS applications themselves. For example, the CP/M 2.2 application |
|||
called STAT is useful for modifying the IOBYTE. Most of these |
|||
applications are documented in the "CPM Manual.pdf" document in the Doc |
|||
directory of the RomWBW distribution. |
|||
|
|||
ASM.COM - DRI 8080 assembler |
|||
LIB.COM - DRI relocatable object file librarian |
|||
LINK.COM - DRI relocatable object file linker |
|||
LOAD.COM - DRI loader for Intel hex files |
|||
MAC.COM - DRI 8080 macro assembler |
|||
RMAC.COM - DRI 8080 macro assembler generating relocatable object files |
|||
STAT.COM - DRI multi-purpose file/disk/IO info & config tool |
|||
SUBMIT.COM - DRI batch file submission tool |
|||
XSUB.COM - DRI batch file extensions |
|||
|
|||
== RomWBW Supplemental Applications == |
|||
|
|||
The following files provide specific functionality enabled by |
|||
RomWBW enhancements. These applications are documented in the |
|||
"RomWBW Applications.pdf" document in the Doc directory of the |
|||
RomWBW Distribution. |
|||
|
|||
ASSIGN.COM - Assign,remove,swap drive letters of RomWBW disk slices |
|||
FAT.COM - MS-DOS FAT filesystem tool (format, copy, delete, etc.) |
|||
FDU.COM - Test floppy hardware and format floppy disks |
|||
FORMAT.COM - Placeholder application with formatting instructions |
|||
INTTEST.COM - Test RomWBW interrupt processing on your hardware |
|||
MODE.COM - Change serial line characteristics (baud rate, etc.) |
|||
RTC.COM - Test real time clock hardware on your system |
|||
SURVEY.COM - Display system resources summary |
|||
SYSCOPY.COM - Copy system tracks to disks (make bootable) |
|||
SYSGEN.COM - Copy system tracks to disks (DRI version) |
|||
TALK.COM - Route console I/O to & from specified serial port |
|||
TIMER.COM - Test and display system timer ticks |
|||
TUNE.COM - Play .PT2, .PT3, and .MYM audio files on supported hardware |
|||
XM.COM - XModem file transfer application |
|||
|
|||
== General Purposes Applications == |
|||
|
|||
The following files are commonly used CP/M applications that |
|||
are generally useful in any CP/M-like system. In general, there is |
|||
no documentation for these applications included with the RomWBW |
|||
distribution. Some provide command line help themselves. Some |
|||
are fairly obvious. |
|||
|
|||
CLRDIR.COM - Initializes the directory area of a disk |
|||
COMPARE.COM - Compare content of two files (binary) |
|||
CRUNCH.COM - Compress file(s) using Crunch algorithm |
|||
CRUNCH28.CFG - ZCNFG configuration file for CRUNCH & UNCR |
|||
DDTZ.COM - Z80 debug tool (modified to use RST 6) |
|||
DDTZ.DOC - Documentation for DDTZ |
|||
EX.COM - Batch file processor (alternative to DRI SUBMIT) |
|||
FDISK80.COM - Hard disk partitioning tool (from John Coffman) |
|||
FIND.COM - Search all drives for a file (from Jay Cotton) |
|||
FLASH.COM - Program FLASH chips in-situ (from Sergey Kiselev) |
|||
FLASH.DOC - Documentation for FLASH |
|||
MBASIC.COM - Microsoft BASIC language interpreter |
|||
NULU.COM - Library (.LBR) management tool |
|||
PMARC.COM - Create or add file(s) to .PMA archive |
|||
PMEXT.COM - Extract file(s) from .PMA archive |
|||
RMXSUB1.COM - Remove XSUB1 RSX from memory (from Lars Nelson) |
|||
SUPERSUB.COM - Enhanced replacement for DRI SUBMIT |
|||
SUPERSUB.DOC - Documentation for SUPERSUB |
|||
TDLBASIC.COM - TDL Zapple 12K BASIC language interpreter |
|||
UNARC.COM - Extract file(s) from .ARC or .ARK archive |
|||
UNARC.DOC - Documentation for UNARC |
|||
UNCR.COM - Decompress Crunched file(s) |
|||
UNZIP.COM - UNZIPZ extracts from all MS-DOS ZIP files (from Lars Nelson) |
|||
UNZIP.DOC - Documentation for UNZIPZ |
|||
XSUB1.COM - Replacement for DRI SUB (from Lars Nelson) |
|||
ZAP.COM - Interactive disk & file utility |
|||
ZDE.COM - Compact WordStar-like editor |
|||
ZDENST.COM - ZCNFG configuration tool for ZDE.COM |
|||
KERCPM22.COM - Kermit file transfer application |
|||
LBREXT.COM - Extract file from .LBR libraries |
|||
LBREXT36.CFG - ZCNFG configuration file for LBREXT |
|||
ZXD.COM - Enhanced directory lister w/ date/time stamping support |
|||
ZXD.CFG - ZCNFG configuration file for ZXD |
|||
|
|||
== Testing Applications == |
|||
|
|||
User area 2 contains a variety of hardware testing applications. |
|||
These are generally user contributed and have no documentation. |
|||
Additionally, they are frequently not compatible with all RomWBW |
|||
hardware. They are included here as a convenience. If applicable, |
|||
your hardware documentation should refer to them and provide usage |
|||
instructions. |
|||
|
|||
== Sample Tune Files == |
|||
|
|||
User area 3 contains sample audio files that can be played using |
|||
the TUNE application. |
|||
|
|||
== CP/NET 1.2 == |
|||
|
|||
User area 4 contains a full implementation of the CP/NET 1.2 |
|||
client provided by Doug Miller. Please read the README.TXT file |
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