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BRIEF DOCUMENTATION OF FILES ON THIS DISK
BLOAD.ASM - READS A TARBELL TAPE OF MITS 8K 3.1 BASIC PROGRAMS
AND TURNS IT INTO A SOURCE FILE.
FORMAT: BLOAD XXXXXXXXX.YYY (SUPPLY YOUR OWN NAME)
CCOS1.ASM - TARBELL/VDM CASSETTE OPERATING SYSTEM FROM
CACHE, THE CHICAGO AREA COMPUTER HOBBYISTS EXCHANGE.
CCOS - CACHE CASSETTE OPERATING SYSTEM
CKSUM.ASM - CHECKSUMS ANY CP/M FILE PRINTING A CHECKSUM
BYTE FOR EACH 256 BYTES. SOMEWHAT OBSOLETED BY
COMPARE.ASM FOR COMPARING 2 FILES, BUT USEFUL
WHEN 2 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WONDER IF THEY HAVE THE
SAME VERSION OF A FILE - THEY BOTH RUN
CKSUM AGAINST THEIR COPIES, THEN COMPARE RESULTS.
FORMAT: CKSUM XXXXXX.YYY
COMPARE.ASM - COMPARES 2 CP/M FILES. PRINTS SECTOR AND BYTE
DISPLACEMENT WHERE FIRST BYTE OF DIFFERENCE IS FOUND.
STOPS AT FIRST UNEQUAL COMPARE. NOTE THAT WHEN PIPPING
A COM FILE, PIP PUTS A 1AH AT THE LAST BYTE OF
THE FILE, THEREFORE COMPARE WILL FIND THIS DIFFERENCE
AS BYTE DISPLACEMENT 80H IN THE LAST SECTOR.
FORMAT: COMPARE XXXXX.YYY AAAAA.BBB
FULL DISK SPECIFICATIONS ALLOWED, SUCH AS:
COMPARE A:TEST.ASM B:TEST.ASM
CUTTER.ASM - SEE RANDY.DOC FOR DETAILS
EDVDM.DOC - SHOW HOW TO MODIFY THE ED COMMAND P SUBCOMMAND
TO DISPLAY 15 LINES, NOT 23 (FOR A VDM, FOR EXAMPLE).
IDUMP.ASM - INTERPRETED FILE DUMP.
FORMAT: IDUMP XXXXX.YYY
MAILLIST.DOC - DOCUMENTATION ON COMPUTER CLUB
MAILING LIST PROGRAMS:
MAINT.BAS
REPORT.BAS
PREFMT.BAS
SORT.ASM
MAINT.BAS - SEE MAILLIST.DOC FILE FOR DETAILS
MODEM.ASM - PROGRAM TO SEND AND RECEIVE PROGRAMS VIA MODEMS.
USES FULL HANDSHAKING AND CHECKSUMING, 10 ERROR
RETRIES, ETC. ALSO INCLUDES CODE FOR SIMPLE KEYBOARD
TO KEYBOARD COMMUNICATIONS. SEE COMMENTS IN MODEM.ASM
FOR OPERATING DETAILS. HERE THEY ARE BRIEFLY:
MODEM S XXXXX.YYY SEND A FILE
MODEM R XXXXX.YYY RECEIVE A FILE
MODEM T OPERATE AS A TERMINAL
MODEM C OPERATE AS A COMPUTER
(WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PROGRAM, A 'TERMINAL'
IS A 'DUMB' DEVICE WHICH TAKES CHARACTERS FROM THE
KEYBOARD, AND SENDS THEM DOWN THE LINE, AND WHEN
IT RECIEVES A CHARACTER FROM THE LINE, OUTPUTS IT
TO THE DISPLAY (OR TTY OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE). A
COMPUTER IS A SMARTER DEVICE IN THAT IT ECHOS EVERY
CHARACTER IT RECEIVES. IN SENDING, IT JUST READS
THE KEYBOARD AND SENDS WHAT IT READ). FOR TWO
PEOPLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, ONE MUST TYPE MODEM C
- THE OTHER MUST TYPE MODEM T
PONG.ASM - VDM PONG GAME, KEYBOARD AGAINST COMPUTER.
BY BOB VAN VALZAH [DELETED AS FILE WAS FAULTY.
WILL TRY TO REPLACE - A.R.G.]
PURGE.ASM - PURGE INVALID DIRECTORY ENTRIES AUTOMATICALLY.
SUGGEST CAREFUL USE AND TESTING ON SCRATCH DISK.
QUICKIE.BAS - USED WITH MAILING LIST SYSTEM WHEN YOU
NEED A 'QUICKIE' PROGRAM TO READ THE FILE,
LOOK AT AND/OR CHANGE SOMETHING, AND WRITE
THE RECORDS BACK. MAY BE THOUGHT OF AS A
SKELETAL PROGRAM WHICH YOU ALWAYS EDIT AND
CHANGE BEFORE USING.
RANDY.DOC - DOCUMENTATION ON XREFASM, CCOS, ETC.
[DELETED AS XREFASM WAS FAULTY AND RANDY
DID NOT COMMENT ON CCOS. WILL BE REVIVED
WHENEVER A GOOD XREFASM ARRIVES - A.R.G]
REPORT.BAS - SEE 'MAILLIST.DOC' FOR DETAILS
SIZE.ASM - PRINTS SIZE OF A CP/M FILE IN 'K'
BY BOB VAN VALZAH
SLOAD.ASM - WHEN YOU SAVE A PROGRAM USING CCOS, SLOAD IS USED
TO LOAD IT AS AN ASM FILE UNDER CP/M
FORMAT: SLOAD XXXXXX.ASM
SORT.ASM - SEE 'MAILLIST.DOC' FOR DETAILS
TISQ.ASM - TIMES SQUARE DEMO (BIG CHARS) FOR THE VDM.
BY BOB VAN VALZAH
TLOAD.ASM - LOAD TAPES SAVED WITH 'TSAVE' COMMAND
FORMAT: TLOAD XXXXXX.YYY
TMAP.ASM - MAP TARBELL TAPES SAVED WITH TSAVE.
PRESS ANY CHAR TO STOP EXECUTION OF TMAP
TSAVE.ASM - PROGRAM TO SAVE CP/M FILES ON TARBELL TAPE.
SAVES THEM IN 4K BLOCKS WITH A CHECKSUM.
FORMAT: TSAVE XXXXXX.YYY
OR TSAVE XXXXXX.YYY ? TO READ/VERIFY
AFTER SAVING.
XREFASM.ASM - CROSS REFERENCE ASSEMBLER. SEE RANDY.DOC
FOR DETAILS.