ABBUC Nr. 58¢¢¢¢ MODINFO 2.0¢ -----------¢ Fox-1, 28-March-1999¢ Freeware, ofcourse!¢¢¢This is a small utility I coded when I¢was doing some conversions from MOD-¢files to Atari 8-bit MD8-files...¢¢Everytime I wanted to know the full¢name of a song, I had to start-up a¢sector-editor to look at the first 20¢characters in the file, since this is¢the location where this name is hidden.¢I wrote a small util to list the title¢which was absolutely not user-friendly,¢but it was doing it's job. I could¢have done this in BASIC, but I don't¢like the idea of switching basic on and¢off everytime I wanted to list a title¢from a MOD-file, and BASIC is too much¢hassle and too difficult, so I coded a¢small util in assembler, which is way¢easier cause I wanted to run it from¢the Sparta-Dos commandline.¢The first versions were menu-based, but¢this one accepts just the filename-¢parameter when entered, so it will not¢run with a non-Sparta compatible Dos.¢¢If you want to list the text-part of¢a MOD-file, just enter:¢¢"D1:MODINFO SONG" or "MODINFO D2:SONG"¢¢and the contents of SONG.MOD will be¢displayed on the screen. There is no¢need to add the .MOD extension, but you¢may want to if required, like when the¢file isn't using this extension.¢A small check is made if the file to¢view is not a COM-file.¢¢Well, good luck with it. I don't think¢this util is of much use, but just in¢case....¢¢ Sysop Fox-1,¢ Thunderdome, ATARI 8-Bit BBS¢ +31 416-279990 the Netherlands¢ 21:00 => 08:00 hrs CET¢¢¢
