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CompuServe name: WSPOOL.TXT
Original name: "w.b128 spool" (sequential file)
This is a SuperScript II sequential file which explains how spooling works.
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F. Machine Language
CompuServe name: DCLPAL.BIN
Original name: "dcl b128.pal" (Basic program--load & list)
This is a detailed memory map for the B128, formatted for use in the PAL
assembler.
CompuServe name: WXCALL.DOC
Original name: "w.b128 xcalls" (sequential file)
An extensive discussion of machine language programming in the B128, and in
particular the setup needed before code in a nonsystem bank can access the
Kernal routines, or in fact any routines outside its own bank.
CompuServe name: BTXFER.BIN
Rename to: "+btxfer.fe48" (machine language program)
Here's the transfer of execution code essential for bank-hopping, as explained
in the file above.
CompuServe name: XCALL.BIN
Original name: "xcall" (Basic program--load and list)
Liz Deal wrote this program to demonstrate how to create a pseudo-jump table
in a machine language routine. Details are given in WXCALL.DOC, above. This
file is actually the source code for an assembly language program, and it
contains a commented disassembly of the machine code.
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G. Others
CompuServe name: WEXP15.BIN
Original name: "w.exp15" (sequential file)
A text file which explains how you can adapt your CalcResult cartridge to
serve as extra RAM in bank 15.
CompuServe name: CON128.BIN
Original name: "configure b128" (Basic program)
Liz wrote this little program for those who don't use Keytrix or Supermon.
It will relocate the Basic program text area to $401, where it resides in the
PET/CBM computers.
CompuServe name: PRIMES.BIN
Original name: "primes" (Basic program)
Lets you type in any integer as a limit, and it will print out all the prime
numbers from the beginning up to the limit.
CompuServe name: Original name:
LOBAS.BIN "b128lo.bas" (program-type file)
HIBAS.BIN "b256hi.bas" (program-type file)
LOKER.BIN "b128lo.ker" (program-type file)
HIKER.BIN "b256hi.ker" (program-type file)
These four files are memory dumps of the standard B128 and B256 Basic ROMS
and Kernal ROMS. Compare them with your own machine's ROMS to see if you
have the main production model, or an early version released before all the
bugs were worked out.
CompuServe name: QPLOT.BIN
Original name: "qplot.b128" (Basic program)
Lets you draw graphs on the screen.
CompuServe name: VER128.BIN
Original name: "verifizerb128" (Basic program)
The function of this program is not explained.
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II. Gord Campbell's Programs
Gord Campbell prepared these programs for their original release on
a TPUG disk.
CompuServe name: LISTME.BIN
Original name: "list-me.bu" (Basic program--load and list)
Brief description of the rest of the files in this section.
CompuServe name: SAMPLE.BIN
Original name: "sample boot.b" (Basic program)
Shows the procedure for loading a machine language program from Basic. To run
this program, you will need to have the next three files as well.
CompuServe name: TESTBA.BIN
Rename to: "test.basic" (Basic program)
General instructions for loading a machine language program from Basic. This
program is loaded and run by the preceeding file.
CompuServe name: TXRAM.OBJ
Rename to: "txram obj" (machine language program)
Another version of the transfer of execution code. Liz Deal's version fixes
a bug in it. This name needed to run SAMPLE.BIN above.
CompuServe name: SAMOBJ.BIN
Rename to: "sample obj" (machine language program)
This code is not run, it is just included for demo purposes. SAMPLE.BIN,
above, will not work without it.
CompuServe name: FLASHB.BIN
Original name: "flash.bas.b" (Basic program)
A demo program which will draw a border around the screen and flash it on and
off once every second. It works by loading the following interrupt-driven
machine language program:
CompuServe name: FLASHO.BIN
Rename to: "flash.obj" (machine language program)
Study this program to see the proper way to set up and run machine code hooked
up to the interrupt vector.
CompuServe name: FLSHML.BIN
Original name: "flash.8.1" (program-type file)
This is the source code of the preceeding file, for use with the MAE assembler.
CompuServe name: HEXDMP.BIN
Original name: "hex dumper.z" (Basic program)
Creates a dump on your screen of any file on your disk. Uses the same format
as Liz Deal's disk utilities, but you do not have to know which track and
sector the file starts on.
CompuServe name: MEMDMP.BIN
Original name: "mem dump.b" (Basic program)
Creates a similar dump to the program above of the code in Bank 15, beginning
at any location you specify.
CompuServe name: CHGADD.BIN