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  1. * File Name:        ASC2BIN.DOC
  2. * Date:            28 October 1993
  3. * Version:        1
  4. * Updates count:    3
  5. * Purpose:           Documentation for ASC2BIN.PAS
  6. * Author:        Dmitry Stefankov
  7. * Format:        Simplified form of ISO/DIS 6592 standard
  8.  
  9.  
  10.  
  11. ------------------- Part 1 (Identification) ------------------------------
  12.  
  13. Program Name:            ASC2BIN.PAS
  14. Version:            1
  15. Release:            10
  16. Date:                28 October 1993
  17. History:            Written for internal use of author
  18.                 (for my BIOS ToolKit)
  19.  
  20.  
  21. ------------------- Part 2 (General) -------------------------------------
  22.  
  23. Responsibility:            no specified
  24. Supply order:            no specified
  25. Purpose:            formats converter
  26. Area of usage:            utility program for OS
  27. Common knowledges:        no specified
  28. Problem description:        translate the ASCII hexadecimal,decimal, and
  29.                                 octal dump files to its binary equivalent 
  30. Additional knowledges:        no specified
  31. Agreements and terminology:    standard IBM PC terminology
  32. Algorithms and principles:    described in source code
  33. Function:            single
  34. Characteristics:        application (utility),
  35.                 special class (converters)
  36. Restrictions:            (1) Intel computer architecture only 
  37.                 (2) see hardware/software requirements
  38. Errors processing:        described in source code
  39. Data safety/protection:        described in source code
  40. Data for application:        input:  file containing any dump like output
  41.                     files from TDUMP, FDUMP and other
  42.                 output:    binary file
  43. Programming language:        Turbo Pascal (Version 6.0+)
  44. Instructions to compile:    TPC  asc2bin.pas , where
  45.                 TPC is a Turbo Pascal command-line compiler
  46. Requirements for software:    operating system:  PC/MS-DOS (Version 3.0+)
  47.                 other:         no specified
  48. Requirements for hardware:    computer:  IBM PC, IBM PS/2 or compatible 
  49.                 memory:    minimum 64 Kbytes
  50.                 other:     no specified
  51. Example to run:            asc2bin.exe in.asc out.bin $10 2 8 , where
  52.                 <in.asc>  -> input filename
  53.                 <out.asc>  -> output filename
  54.                 <$10>  -> hexadecimal representation base
  55.                 <2>  -> quantity = word number
  56.                 <8>  -> max. number of detected numbers 
  57.                         per each line
  58. Miscellaneous:            none specified
  59.  
  60.  
  61. ------------------- Part 3 (Technical) -----------------------------------
  62.  
  63. Terminolgy and agreements:    no specified
  64. Program structure:        single module
  65. Program listing:        source code available
  66. Data techical description:    no specified
  67. Control commands:        no specified
  68. Work methods:            batch mode
  69. Messages:            described in source code
  70. Setup:                no required
  71. Adaptation:            no specified
  72. Tests:                no specified
  73. Service:            no specified
  74.  
  75.  
  76. ------------------- Part 4 (Miscellaneous) -------------------------------
  77.  
  78. Guarantee:            read license agreement
  79. Changes to source code:        read license agreement
  80. Serial number:            no specified
  81. Price:                read license agreement
  82. Other:                nothing
  83.