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- From: aaron@cie.uoregon.edu.uoregon.edu (Aaron Putnam)
- Subject: Modem program
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.013748.13272@nntp.uoregon.edu>
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- Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 01:37:48 GMT
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- I'm attempting to write a small program on my laser 128 (basically a //c).
- The program is simply a 'dumb' terminal, with some very minor compression
- built in. (Non-cpu-intensive). I'm using a SSC. Now, the problems: I would
- like to write it in C, for one, but I have only one disk drive, and HyperC
- isn't designed for single-drive systems. My 65c02 assembly skills are
- very rusty - haven't done anything with it in several years. The same goes
- for Applesoft basic, only moreso.
-
- My ideas: I've seen a II+ Simulator on an ftp site (plains.nodak.edu I
- believe), and it would be nice to run HyperC under this, but I haven't
- been able to get it working on a Sparc IPX. I suspect this could be due
- to Laser's ROM's being different than the II+ Autostart ROM. As another
- option, I wouldn't mind writing it in pascal, if there were a PD pascal
- compiler around, which I doubt considerably. Thirdly, if it were possible
- I would cross-compile from a unix machine (such as the sparc mentioned
- above) - this would no doubt generate the nicest code, but would probably
- be out of the question, unless I'm mistaken. Of course, another option is
- to find a nice person out there with a //, C compiler, and source for
- a very basic term program that would be willing to install a couple of
- functions and send me the executable. The functions are quite simple;
- Each character coming in from the modem is run through a func, and if the
- high-bit is clear, it's just printed out. Otherwise, it's either the signal /
- count for RLE-compression, or an index(-128) into an array of strings
- that should be inserted instead of the character. Probably 15-20 lines of
- C code, which I'll write. Please respond via Email to aaron@cie.uoregon.edu,
- if you can help with any of the above ideas, or if you have another idea.
-
- Thanks in advance!
-
- -Aaron
-
-