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- © Graham Kemp 13th January 1991
-
- This program has been placed into the public domain by
- Graham Kemp. It may be freely copied and distributed for
- non-profit making purposes, so long as the code is not
- altered (apart from customising !Run/!Boot files) and this
- text file remains present and unaltered. If you have any
- queries/suggestions then please write to me at:
-
-
- e_mail
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- Arcade #1090 (081 654 2212)
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- Darc World #25 (08675 77724)
-
- snailMail
- 63, Holmbury Grove
- Featherbed Lane
- Croydon
- CRO 9AP
-
-
- HexBin History:
- ===============
-
- The idea for this program came about when I was trying to transfer
- some files from a DEC VAX to a DEC PDP at work for a friend.
- We had a tape cartridge (TK50) which was in VAX format but the files were
- for a PDP. After several eforts to get the VAX to talk to the PDP this was
- abandoned and an Apple MAC put inbetween. File transfer was now possible,
- apart from one minor point, all the binary files had become corrupt.
- So I wrote 'Hexbin' which was loaded onto the VAX & MAC. The files were
- first converted to Hex on the VAX downloaded onto the MAC and then converted
- back to Binary. After downloading them from MAC to PDP the binarys ran fine.
- This prompted me to write a version for the Arc in case the same problem was
- to happen again.
-
- You will find the 'C' source on this disk which you can freely copy and
- modify to get it to run on whatever machine is required. In the form that
- it is supplied it has been proven on VAX/VMS, Apple MAC and the Acorn
- Archimedes, there is also a desktop version for the Arc on this disk.
-
- The rest of this document goes onto explain the Desktop Version of HexBin.
-
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- HexBin Usage:
- =============
-
- To convert a file you simply drag it to the icon which has been installed
- on the icon bar.
-
- HexBin will convert the following types of files:
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- Data &FFD to Hex &703
- App &FF8 to Hex &703
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- Hex &703 to Data &FFD
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- All other filetypes are ignored.
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-
- Clicking on the icon with menu will produce a menu with the following
- choices:
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- Info:
- =====
-
- This choice produces the standard Info box about the program.
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- Quit:
- =====
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- Clicking on this menu choice will quit the application.
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