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- MEGAMON COMMAND SUMMARY
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- A OR *; MINI ASSEMBLER
- A <ADDR><MNEMONIC><OPERAND>
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- B ; SET/DISPLAY BREAKPOINT
- B <BRKPT#><ADDR> (B=DISPLAY)
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- C ; COMPARE MEMORY
- C <START><END><TARGET>
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- D ; DISSASSEMBLE MEMORY
- D <START><END>
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- E ; MEMORY DISPLAY W/CHECKSUM
- E <START><END>
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- F ; FILL MEMORY
- F <START><END><BYTE>
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- G ; EXECUTE PROGRAM 'GO'
- G <ADDR>
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- H ; HUNT MEMORY
- H <START><END>[<NUMBER:STRING>]
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- I ; SET/DISPLAY IRQ VECTOR
- I <ADDR> (I ALONE TO DISPLAY)
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- J ; RESET MONITOR
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- K ; KILL BREAKPOINT
- K <BREAKPOINT#>
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- L ; LOAD A FILE
- L <"NAME"><DEV><ADDR>
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- M ; MEMORY DUMP (HEX OR ASCII)
- M <START><END>
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- N ; DYNAMIC MEMORY SCAN
- N <ADDR>
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- O ; OUTPUT REDIRECTION
- O <DEV><SECONDARY ADDR><"TEXT">
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- P ; DISPLAY DISK DIR
- P <"MASK"><DEV> OR (P <RETURN>)
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- Q ; QUIT (COLD START)
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- R ; DISPLAY/CHG REGISTERS
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- S ; SAVE A FILE
- S <"NAME"><DEV><START><END>
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- T ; TRANSFER BLOCK OF MEMORY
- T <START><END><DESTINATION>
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- U ; USER DEFINABLE COMMAND
- U <ANYTHING>
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- V ; SET/DISPLAY USER VECTORS
- V <ADDR> (ALONE TO DISPLAY)
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- W ; SINGLE STEP (WALK)
- W <ADDR> SEE WALK COMMAND
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- X ; EXIT MONITOR (WARM START)
- X CAUTION SEE E╪IT COMMAND
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- Y ; SET COLORS
- Y <TEXT><BGND><BRDR> (0-15)DECIMAL
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- % ; COMMENT 'NULL' LINE
- % <ANYTHING>
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- # ; CONVERT NUMBER
- # 34F0 OR # &49152
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- + ; ADD NUMBERS
- + FFD2 &32768
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- - ; SUBTRACT NUMBERS
- - FFD2 D020
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- ? ; DISPLAY HELP FILE
- ? "NAME" DEV (OPTIONAL)
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- @ ; I/O TO DISK (LIKE WEDGE)
- @ "N0:NAME,00"
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- : MODIFY MEMORY
- : ADDR BYTES
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- ! ; TEXT TO MEMORY
- ! C000 "TEXT AT C000"
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- ; ; 'MASS REGISTER CHANGE
- ; PC A X Y SP SR OR R CMD
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- ^ ; CONFIGURATION MODE
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- NUMBERS MAY BE INPUT IN THESE FORMATS
- HEX $ IS OPTIONAL. $FFD2 OR FFD2.
- DECIMAL & PREFIX E.G. &49152
- ASCII " PREFIX E.G. "TEXT"
- BINARY % PREFIX E.G. %10101110
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- USE RUN/STOP TO ABORT AND THE SPACE
- BAR TO STOP/START MEMORY DUMPS ETC.
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- MEGAMON COMMANDS
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- COMMAND: MINI-ASSEMBLER
- FORMAT: A [ADDR[MNEMONIC]]
- * [ADDR[MNEMONIC]]
- EXAMPLE: A C000 LDA #$20
- FUNCTION: ASSEMBLES <MNEMONIC> TO
- MEMORYLOCATION DESIGNATED BY <ADDR>.
- THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEMORY LOCATION IS
- THEN DISPLAYED. IF <ADDR> OR <MNEMONIC>
- IS MISSING, THE COMMAND IS IGNORED, AND
- THE NORMAL MONITOR PROMPT RETURNS.
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- COMMAND: SET/DISPLAY BREAKPOINTS
- FORMAT: B [BP#[ADDR]]
- EXAMPLE: B 0 C000
- FUNCTION: ALLOWS THE USER TO SET UP TO
- 8 "BREAK POINTS" IN A ML PROGRAM BY
- REPLACING THE BYTE AT <ADDR> WITH A BRK
- INSTRUCTION. THE BYTE AT <ADDR> IS
- SAVED, AND CAN BE REPLACED BY USING THE
- "K" (KILL BREAKPOINT) COMMAND. <BP#>
- SPECIFIES THE BREAKPOINT NUMBER, AND
- CAN BE BETWEEN 0-7. IF NO PARAMETERS
- ARE GIVEN, THE CURRENT BREAKPOINTS ARE
- DISPLAYED.
-
- COMMAND: COMPARE MEMORY BLOCKS
- FORMAT: C START END TARGET
- EXAMPLE: C 1000 2000 C000
- FUNCTION: COMPARES THE MEMORY BETWEEN
- <START>-<END> WITH <TARGET>, AND PRINTS
- ANY DIFFERENCES FOUND.
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- COMMAND: DISASSEMBLE MEMORY
- FORMAT: D [START[END]]
- EXAMPLE: D A474 A500
- FUNCTION: DISPLAYS A DISASSEMBLY OF THE
- MEMORY BETWEEN <START>-<END>, IF BOTH
- PARAMETERS ARE SPECIFIED. IF ONLY
- <START> IS GIVEN, THE SINGLE
- INSTRUCTION AT THAT LOCATION IS
- DISPLAYED. IF NO PARAMETERS ARE
- SPECIFIED, THE INSTRUCTION AT THE
- CURRENT PC IS DISPLAYED.
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- COMMAND: MEMORY DISPLAY WITH CHECKSUM
- FORMAT: E [START[END]]
- EXAMPLE: E 5F60 6000
- FUNCTION: DISPLAYS MEMORY BETWEEN
- <START> AND <END> IN HEX FORMAT, 8
- BYTESTO A LINE. AT THE END OF EACH LINE
- A 1-BYTE LINE CHECKSUM IS DISPLAYED.
- AFTER THE DISPLAY IS COMPLETE, A 2-BYTE
- TOTAL CHECKSUM IS SHOWN. IF ONLY 1
- PARAMETER IS GIVEN, THE 8 BYTES
- FOLLOWING <START> ARE DISPLAYED. IF NO
- PARAMETERS ARE GIVEN, THE 8 BYTES
- FOLLOWING THE CURRENT PC ARE SHOWN.
-
- COMMAND: FILL MEMORY BLOCK WITH BYTE
- FORMAT: F START END BYTE
- EXAMPLE: F C000 CFFF 0
- FUNCTION: FILLS ALL MEMORY BETWEEN
- <START> AND <END> WITH <BYTE>. IF BYTE
- ISN'T SPECIFIED IT DEFAULTS TO 00.
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- COMMAND: EXECUTE PROGRAM
- FORMAT: G [ADDR]
- EXAMPLE: G C800
- FUNCTION: PERFORMS A JSR TO <ADDR> IF
- GIVEN. IF NOT SPECIFIED, A JSR TO THE
- CURRENT PC TAKES PLACE. A USER PROGRAM
- MUST END WITH AN RTS OR BRK INSTRUCTION
- TO RETURN TO THE MONITOR.
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- COMMAND: HUNT MEMORY FOR DATA
- FORMAT: H START END [NBR/STRING]
- EXAMPLE: H C000 C800 "TXT" 0 "MORE" 20
- FUNCTION: SEARCHES MEMORY BETWEEN
- <START> AND <END> FOR THE STRING AND/OR
- NUMBER SEQUENCE GIVEN. ╔F A MATCH IS
- FOUND, THE ALL LOCATIONS OF THE
- OCCURANCE ARE DISPLAYED.
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- COMMAND: SET/DISPLAY IRQ VECTOR
- FORMAT: I [ADDR]
- EXAMPLE: I CF00
- FUNCTION: ALLOWS THE USER TO DEFINE A
- ROUTINE TO BE SERVICED BY THE 1/60 SEC.
- PROCESSOR INTERRUPT. THE ROUTINE SHOULD
- (NORMALLY) END WITH A JMP $EA31
- INSTRUCTION. IF <ADDR> IS NOT GIVEN,
- THE CURRENT IRQ VECTOR (NORMALLY $EA31)
- IS DISPLAYED.
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- COMMAND: RESET MONITOR
- FORMAT: J
- EXAMPLE: J
- FUNCTION: RE-INITIALIZES THE MONITOR
- AND DISPLAYS THE BOOT-UP SCREEN. SOME
- OF THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED: IRQ IS
- RESET TO $EA31, ALL BREAKPOINTS ARE
- CLEARED, THE PSEUDO-REGISTERS ARE SET
- TO THEIR DEFAULT VALUES AND THE
- SCREEN/TEXT COLORS ARE RETURNED TO
- THEIR DEFAULT SETTINGS.
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- COMMAND: "KILL" (RESET) A BREAKPOINT
- FORMAT: K [BP#]
- EXAMPLE: K 0
- FUNCTION: RESETS THE BREAKPOINT
- SPECIFIED BY <BP#>. SPECIFICALLY, IT
- REMOVES THE BRK INSTRUCTION PLACED BY
- THE B (BREAKPOINT) COMMAND, AND
- REPLACES IT WITH IT'S FORMER CONTENTS.
- IF <BP#> IS NOT GIVEN, THE STATUS OF
- ALL 8 AVAILABLE BREAKPOINTS IS SHOWN.
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- COMMAND: LOAD A FILE FROM DISK OR TAPE
- FORMAT: L "FILENAME" [DEVICE[ADDR]]
- EXAMPLE: L "A FILE"
- FUNCTION: LOADS A FILE FROM DISK OR
- TAPE INTO MEMORY. IF <DEVICE> IS NOT
- GIVEN, THE CURRENT DEFAULT IS USED (SEE
- THE "^" COMMAND FOR INFO ON THE DEFAULT
- DEVICE). IF <ADDR> IS NOT GIVEN, THE
- FILE IS LOADED AT IT'S INTERNAL
- "LOAD ADDRESS". IF GIVEN, THE FILE WILL
- BE FORCE-LOADED STARTING AT <ADDR>.
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- COMMAND: MEMORY DUMP IN HEX & ASCII
- FORMAT: M [START[END]]
- EXAMPLE M A000 A400
- FUNCTION: DISPLAYS THE CONTENTS OF
- MEMORY BETWEEN <START> AND <END> IN HEX
- AND ASCII, 8 BYTES TO A LINE. IF THE
- DISPLAY IS GOING TO THE PRINTER,
- NUMBERS0-31 AND 128-159 (DECIMAL) ARE
- CONVERTED TO "."'S BEFORE BEING
- DISPLAYED. IF GOING TO SCREEN, ONLY THE
- CARRIAGE RETURN (13 AND 141) IS
- CONVERTED - ALL OTHER BYTES ARE
- DISPLAYED AS IF IN "QUOTE MODE".
- AS WITH THE "E" COMMAND, ALL PARAMETERS
- ARE OPTIONAL.
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- COMMAND: DYNAMIC MEMORY SCAN
- FORMAT: N ADDR
- EXAMPLE: N A0
- FUNCTION: DISPLAYS THE MEMORY CONTENTS
- BETWEEN <ADDR> AND <ADDR>+$1F AT THE
- TOP OF THE SCREEN, AND UPDATES THIS
- DISPLAY CONTINUOUSLY. THIS IS USEFUL
- FOR EXAMINING HARDWARE LOCATIONS AND
- STORAGE AREAS FOR INTERRUPT ROUTINES
- (THE EXAMPLE SHOWS THE MEMORY USED BY
- THE KERNAL REAL-TIME CLOCK). THE SPACE
- BAR WILL "FREEZE" THE DISPLAY AND
- PRESSING RUN/STOP TERMINATES THE SCAN.
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- COMMAND: OUTPUT REDIRECTION
- FORMAT: O [DEVICE[S.A.["TEXT"]]]
- EXAMPLE O 4 4
- FUNCTION: OPENS A CHANNEL TO THE DEVICE
- SPECIFIED, AND REDIRECTS ALL MONITOR
- OUTPUT TO THIS DEVICE. ALL PARAMETERS
- ARE OPTIONAL, AND IF NONE ARE GIVEN THE
- OUTPUT IS DIRECTED BACK TO THE SCREEN.
- NOTE THAT THE N,W,P,@, AND ^ COMMANDS
- RESET OUTPUT REDIRECTION.
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- COMMAND: DISPLAY DISK DIRECTORY
- FORMAT: P ["DIR MASK"[DEVICE]]
- EXAMPLE: P "MON*"
- FUNCTION: DISPLAYS THE DISK DIRECTORY
- ON <DEVICE> USING <"DIR MASK"> AS A
- DIRECTORY DISPLAY MASK (SEE YOUR DISK
- MANUAL FOR DETAILS ON THIS). IF
- <"DIR MASK"> IS NOT GIVEN, THE ENTIRE
- DIRECTORY IS DISPLAYED, IF <DEVICE> IS
- OMITTED, THE CURRENT DEFAULT IS USED.
- THIS COMMAND CAN ONLY BE USED ON
- DEVICES 8 AND ABOVE, OTHERWISE THE
- COMMAND IS IGNORED.
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- COMMAND: EXIT MONITOR (COLD START)
- FORMAT: Q [ADDR]
- EXAMPLE: Q
- FUNCTION: RETURNS CONTROL BACK TO BASIC
- AFTER PERFORMING A "POWER ON" RESET.
- <ADDR> IS USUALLY NOT GIVEN, BUT IF IT
- IS, THE MONITOR WILL SIMPLY JUMP TO THE
- LOCATION GIVEN. (THE COLD START VECTOR
- CAN BE CHANGED - SEE THE "^" COMMAND).
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- COMMAND: DISPLAY/CHANGE REGISTERS
- FORMAT: R [REGNAME VALUE]
- EXAMPLE: R A 20
- FUNCTION: DISPLAYS THE CURRENT MONITOR
- "PSEUDO REGISTERS" THAT ARE RESTORED
- BEFORE EXECUTING THE G,Q, OR X
- COMMANDS.THIS COMMAND CAN ALSO BE USED
- TO CHANGE SINGLE REGISTERS BY
- SPECIFYING A REGISTER NAME
- (A,X,Y,S,P OR *) AND A NEW VALUE.
- THE REGISTER DISPLAY CONSISTSOF A
- BANNER WITH THE REGISTER VALUES
- DISPLAYED UNDERNEATH IT. THE STATUS
- REGISTER IS FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO
- IT'S RESPECTIVE FLAG VALUES, WITH A
- REVERSED LETTER REPRESENTING A 'SET'
- CONDITION.
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- COMMAND: SAVE MEMORY TO DEVICE
- FORMAT: S "FILENAME" DEVICE START END
- EXAMPLE: S "TESTFILE" 8 C200 C3F0
- FUNCTION: SAVES THE BLOCK OF MEMORY
- BETWEEN <START> AND <END> TO <DEVICE>.
- ALL PARAMETERS MUST BE GIVEN.
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- COMMAND: MOVE (TRANSFER) MEMORY BLOCK
- FORMAT: T START END DESTINATION
- EXAMPLE: T A000 A400 C000
- FUNCTION: PERFORMS A NON-DESTRUCTIVE
- MOVE OF THE MEMORY BETWEEN <START> AND
- <END> TO <DESTINATION>. IF THE BLOCKS
- OVERLAP, THE COMMAND WILL AUTOMATICALLY
- PERFORM THE TRANSFER IN THE NESSESARY
- DIRECTION TO PRESERVE THE DATA.
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- COMMAND: USER-DEFINABLE COMMAND
- FORMAT: U [ANYTHING]
- EXAMPLE: U
- FUNCTION: THIS COMMAND IS OPEN-ENDED,
- WAITING FOR YOU TO IMPLIMENT. IT'S
- VECTOR MAY BE DEFINED BY USING THE 'V'
- COMMAND OR IN THE CONFIGURATION MODE.
- FOR DIRECTIONS ON IMPLIMENTATION, REFER
- TO THE ARTICLE.
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- COMMAND: DEFINE USER VECTOR
- FORMAT: V [ADDR]
- EXAMPLE: V C000
- FUNCTION: SETS THE USER (U) COMMAND
- EXECUTION VECTOR TO <ADDR>. (THIS CAN
- ALSO BE DONE IN CONFIGURATION MODE).
- IF NO <ADDR> IS GIVEN, THE CURRENT USER
- VECTOR IS DISPLAYED.
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- COMMAND: SINGLE-STEP (WALK) PROGRAM
- FORMAT: W [ADDR[AR[XR[YR[SP[SR]]]]]]
- EXAMPLE: W C000
- FUNCTION: THIS IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE
- MOST USEFUL MONITOR COMMANDS. IT ALLOWS
- YOU TO SINGLE-STEP A MACHINE LANGUAGE
- PROGRAM. WHEN THIS COMMAND IS EXECUTED,
- THE MONITOR GOES INTO "WALK MODE",
- DISPLAYING THE REGISTERS, THE
- INSTRUCTION TO BE EXECUTED, AND SOME
- DIRECTIONS. FOR MORE INFO, REFER TO THE
- ARTICLE.
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- COMMAND: EXIT MONITOR (WARM START)
- FORMAT: X [ADDR]
- EXAMPLE: X
- FUNCTION: BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE "Q"
- COMMAND, EXECPT THE MONITOR TERMINATES
- TO THE BASIC WARM START ("READY")
- VECTOR. THE WARM START CAN BE CHANGED
- IN THE CONFIGURATION MODE. CAUTION MANY
- ML OPERATIONS CHANGE THE BASIC POINTERS
- AND USING X TO EXIT THE MONITOR CAN
- LOCK UP THE COMPUTER.
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- COMMAND: SET TEXT & SCREEN COLORS
- FORMAT: Z TEXT [BACKGND[BORDER]]
- EXAMPLE: Z 1 0
- FUNCTION: ALLOWS YOU TO SET THE TEXT
- AND SCREEN COLORS TO YOUR LIKING. THE
- <TEXT> COLOR MUST BE GIVEN, AND
- <BACKGND> AND <BORDER> ARE OPTIONAL.
- COLORS RANGE FROM 0-15 (DECIMAL).
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- COMMAND: COMMENT LINE
- FORMAT: % [ANYTHING]
- EXAMPLE % THIS IS A COMMENT
- FUNCTION: NONE. THE TEXT AFTER THE "%"
- IS IGNORED. (USEFUL FOR NULLIFYING
- LINES WHEN USING THE SCREEN EDITOR TO
- MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE)
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- COMMAND: CONVERT NUMBER TO OTHER FORMS
- FORMAT: # [NUMBER]
- EXAMPLE: # 34F0
- FUNCTION: ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT A
- NUMBER IN ONE FORM TO THE FOUR STANDARD
- MONITOR FORMS - HEX, DECIMAL, ASCII
- AND BINARY. THIS COMMAND WILL DISPLAY A
- LINE CONTAINING THESE EQUIVILENTS FOR
- THE NUMBER GIVEN.
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- COMMAND: ADD NUMBERS
- FORMAT: + NBR1 NBR2
- EXAMPLE: + 400 &120
- FUNCTION: ADDS THE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER
- USING UNSIGNED 16-BIT ARITHMETIC, AND
- DISPLAYS THE RESULT IN HEX, DECIMAL,
- ASCII AND BINARY
- (AS WITH THE "#" COMMAND).
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- COMMAND: SUBTRACT NUMBERS
- FORMAT: - NBR1 NBR2
- EXAMPLE - 130 C82F
- FUNCTION: SUBRACTS <NBR1> FROM <NBR2>
- USING UNSIGNED 16-BIT ARITHMETIC, AND
- PRINTS THE RESULT IN HEX, DECIMAL,
- ASCII AND BINARY (EG: # AND + COMMANDS)
- BOTH THE "+" AND "-" COMMANDS WILL NOT
- DISPLAY ANY CARRY RESULTING FROM THEIR
- OPERATION.
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- COMMAND: DISPLAY HELP FILE
- FORMAT: ? ["FILENAME"[DEVICE]]
- EXAMPLE: ?
- FUNCTION: NORMALLY PRINTS THE "DEFAULT"
- HELP FILE WHICH YOU ARE READING RIGHT
- NOW IN PAGINATED (22 LINES/PG) FORMAT.
- IF <"FILENAME"> IS SPECIFIED, THAT FILE
- WILL BE PRINTED, ASSUMING IT EXISTS AND
- THAT IT IS A SEQENTIAL FILE (TYPE SEQ).
- IF <DEVICE> IS NOT GIVEN, THE DEFAULT
- IS ASSUMED. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO VIEW
- THE ENTIRE HELP FILE, PRESSING RUN/STOP
- WILL ABORT THIS COMMAND. NOTE THAT IF
- PARAMETERS ARE GIVEN, THE FILE
- SPECIFIED WILL BECOME THE "DEFAULT"
- HELP FILE (THIS CAN ALSO BE SET IN
- CONFIGURATION MODE).
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- COMMAND: I/O TO DISK COMMAND CHANNEL
- FORMAT: @ ["DISKCMD"[DEVICE]]
- EXAMPLE: @ "N:NEW DISK,00"
- FUNCTION: ACTS MUCH LIKE THE COMMODORE
- DISK WEDGE, ALLOWING YOU TO EITHER
- CHECK THE STATUS OF THE DEFAULT DISK
- CHANNEL (NO PARAMETERS), OR SEND A DISK
- COMMAND TO A DISK <DEVICE>. IF <DEVICE>
- IS NOT GIVEN, THE DEFAULT IS ASSUMED.
- IF THE <DEVICE> NUMBER IS <8, THE
- COMMAND IS IGNORED. NOTE THAT YOU CAN
- CHECK THE STATUS OF A DRIVE OTHER THAN
- THE DEFAULT BY SPECIFIYING A
- "NULL STRING"; E.G. @ "" 9
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- COMMAND: MODIFY MEMORY
- FORMAT: : [ADDR[BYTES]]
- EXAMPLE: : C800 "X" $50 &120 %11010
- FUNCTION: ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE
- CONTENTS OF MEMORY TO ANY DESIRED VALUE
- (0-FF HEX). NOTE THAT THE "E" AND "M"
- COMMANDS PREFIX THEIR DISPLAYS WITH
- A ":", ALLOWING YOU TO USE THE SCREEN
- EDITOR TO EDIT A MEMORY DISPLAY. IF
- <ADDR> OR <BYTES> ARE OMITTED, THE
- COMMAND IS IGNORED AND THE NORMAL
- MONITOR PROMPT RETURNS, OTHERWISE THE
- NEXT AVAILABLE ADDRESS IS DISPLAYED
- AS A PROMPT.
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- COMMAND: PUT TEXT IN MEMORY
- FORMAT: ! [ADDR["TEXT"]]
- EXAMPLE: ! C000 "TEXT AT $C000"
- FUNCTION: SIMILAR IN WAYS TO THE ":"
- COMMAND, BUT ALLOWS AN ASCII STRING
- TO BE PUT DIRECTLY INTO MEMORY (INSTEAD
- OF NUMERIC DATA). PARAMETER HANDLING IS
- THE SAME AS THE ":" COMMAND.
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- COMMAND: "MASS" REGISTER CHANGE
- FORMAT: ; [PC[AR[XR[YR[SP[SR]]]]]]
- EXAMPLE: ; C000 10 0 0 E0 0
- FUNCTION: USED TO SET THE MONITOR'S
- INTERNAL "PSEUDO REGISTERS" THAT ARE
- RESTORED BEFORE THE G,Q,W, OR X
- COMMANDS ARE EXECUTED. USUALLY, YOU
- WOULD USE THE "R" COMMAND TO OBTAIN A
- REGISTER VALUE DISPLAY (WHICH IS
- PREFIXED BY A ";" FOR YOUR CONVINIENCE)
- AND THEN USE THE SCREEN EDITOR TO
- MODIFY THE DESIRED REGISTERS.
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- COMMAND: ENTER CONFIGURATION MODE
- FORMAT: ^
- EXAMPLE: ^
- FUNCTION: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ENTER
- THE MONITOR'S CONFIGURATION SCREEN,
- WHERE SEVERAL MISCELLANEOUS PARAMETERS
- SUCH AS THE DEFAULT I/O DEVICE, HELP
- FILE NAME, WARM,COLD AND USER VECTORS,
- HELP FILE NAME, ET CETRA CAN BE SET AND
- PERMANANTLY SAVED TO DISK OR TAPE. FOR
- MORE INFORMATION, REFER TO THE ARTICLE.
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- OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION:
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- ON SPECIFIYING PARAMETERS: STRING
- PARAMETERS (SUCH AS FILENAMES) MUST BE
- ENTERED BETWEEN DOUBLE QUOTES (").
- ADDRESSES AND BYTE PARAMETERS CAN BE
- ENTERED IN ANY ONE OF FOUR FORMS:
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- HEXDECIMAL: OPTIONAL $ PREFIX; $C000
- DECIMAL: & PREFIX: E.G. &49152
- ASCII: " PREFIX; E.G. "A"
- BINARY: % PREFIX; E.G. %1010010111
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- OUTPUT CONTROL: FOR COMMANDS THAT COULD
- POTENTIALLY PRODUCE VOLUMINOUS OUTPUT,
- THE SPACE BAR CAN BE USED TO HALT THE
- COMMAND OUTPUT, AND THE RUN/STOP KEY
- CAN BE USED TO ABORT IT. THE COMMANDS
- THAT THIS WORKS FOR ARE C,D,E,H, AND M.
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- NOTES ON OUTPUT REDIRECTION: MOST
- COMMANDS WILL WORK NORMALLY WHEN THE
- "O" COMMAND IS USED TO REDIRECT OUTPUT,
- BUT SOME COMMANDS OBJECT TO THIS,
- NAMELY THE N,P,W,@ AND ^ COMMANDS.
- THESE COMMANDS WILL USUALLY RESET
- OUTPUT REDIRECTION.
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- "NEXT ADDRESS" PROMPTING - THE A,:,
- AND ! COMMANDS WILL DISPLAY THE NEXT
- AVAILABLE MEMORY LOCATION PREFIXED WITH
- THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMAND SYMBOLS AS A
- PROMPT AFTER THEY ARE DONE EXECUTING.
- SIMPLY PRESS <RETURN> AFTER THIS PROMPT
- TO RETURN TO THE NORMAL MONITOR PROMPT
- IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ENTER MORE DATA.
- THE W AND ^ ARE MORE COMPLEX COMMANDS,
- AND HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL PROMPTS.
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- THE END !!!!!