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HEFF

HEFF will examine a .HEX file and interpret and display each line so you can CLEARLY see the load address (including the high-word record modifiers) and data for the line. So you don't have to count characters and offsets with a pencil and printout. It might save your eyesight (it's saved my sanity!)

It should work with non-Intel HEX32 files (8- and 16-bit formats), but it hasn't been tested on these.

While it DOES NOT disassemble or reverse-compile the hex data, it does verify every byte, reformat it and display it as ASCII - which means it will work with ANY kind of hex code, including Microchip PIC, ATMEL, Zilog, Freescale, and almost any other processor or compiler that supports standard Intel Hex format. No other hex parser I'm aware of does anything like this. It ain't really that smart, but it beats counting hex ASCII characters and colons!

It will identify any file with hex-formatted data in it, not just intel hex files, but the results will depend heavily on how much non-hex data is found in the file.

Enjoy.

Music Lister

It also converts between CUE files and M3U files (and vice-versa).

Although it doesn't support ALL the latest CUE features and M3U commands, it should help getting your playlist running on a new music system.

This does take some configuring, as it also "tags" the M3U and CUE files AUTOMATICALLY from the supplied filenames. (No, it doesn't take tag information from within the files, I don't use internal tags in any of my music collection and there are thousands of other bits of software that will do that better than I ever could).

The filename format can be specified by you, and the tool provides a configuration dialog to help you get started.

Some filename patterns probably won't work (iTunes is a great butcherer of software titles, it can kill an entire collection by renaming every track to "track 0x .m4a, losing all your artist, album, lyrics, and track info). But at least you can edit each track and title before converting them to the playlist format!

Latest revision notes for Build 115 :

- MFL now has the ability to quickly build both an M3U and a CUE from the file list with just one button click. You can also now turn off the file save confirmation dialogs if they're annoying (and let's face it, they were).

- It has also had some minor bugs fixed in the filename persistence (some combinations weren't being saved correctly to the INI file, and then weren't being restored as previous defaults).

Build 1115

It allows you to change the RGB values of a colour by :

• up/down arrows,
• directly entering the number,
• entering the number as a hex sextet (á lá most web specifications),
• picking the colour from the live windows system list, or
• using the custom colour box to choose a colour and report what it's values are.

The last few live windows colours are not selectable as they're indexed in an ARGB palette which this version of the tool doesn't support. But apart from that, it's a bit of fun with controls that you don't normally get to play around with much. Click here for a screenshot...

(zip)

There isn't a lot to say about running this program, it's pretty obvious.

It will remember last extraction and source paths, so you can freely add your own paths and configure it just the way you want, and it will start up with the same settings ready-to-go. it saves the files between sessions in the same folder as you place the executable, so it will run properly from anywhere on your system.

It only saves the paths when it shuts down, so don't kill it using a process manager if you want your paths to be available next time.

There is minimal error-checking done, and items will be extracted from the source library with no attempt at unsqueezing, unpacking, or uncrunching - so it's most useful for uncompressed libraries.

I couldn't get it to break, even with some quite dodgy LBR files, but if you have problems, drop me a line, together with a copy of any "problem" LBR, and I'll look into it.

Good luck, and I hope you find it useful!

1.11

Build

85

155k

It takes .ASM source files and  translates them to MAC files. Any filetype can be specified.

It converts any source case to all upper/all lower case. Comment case is preserved, but variables (labels) may be left as-is, or converted to the same case as the opcodes.

The source and destination conversion lists can be edited, saved and loaded at any time. Alternate format patterns can be added easily.

For screenshots, click here...

UPDATE : Release 1.2.3 (build 292)

• Radically redesigned all windows layouts for a simpler, smaller interface.
• Separated out the text, control, and error windows - you can run with everything visible, or not.
• Fixed ALL file load/save bugs with OTL files (!!) and tested.
• Added font change context menu to source and destination text displays
• OTL files and source/translated files can share the same or different paths.
• Added last used path to OTL load/save and source load/save
• Source/translation text controls are now dynamically resizable (proportional to window size)
• Speeded up translation by up to 20%

MINOR UPDATE : Release 1.3.4 (build 310)

• Added standardised comment offset options - fixed/floating, padded/unpadded
• Fixed issue with variables being upper-cased when default was lower-case
• Repositioned open and save buttons for support and source files (too easy to save accidentally!)

LONG-OVERDUE UPDATE : Release 1.5.5 (build 362)

• Added sourcefile history (persistence), all done automagically.
• Added comment alignment - offset, fixed/floating options, and padding
• Fixed logic problem when escaping out of file open /save methods
• Added option to force-open source and output form to assist in saving
• Added a number of minor workflow improvements (automation)
• Standardised UI so it's no so 'cartooney' (thanks, Rob!)

The persistence feature will automagically create and maintain a single textfile in the same directory as the executable. That's the only additional file required, and it's managed internally. You may delete it at any time and the next time the app is restarted, it will clear and rebuild from scratch (without any new entries, obviously).

I mention this because some folks are allergic to having many bits and pieces floating around what should be a simple and elegant utility.

Thanks to Rob Q. for his detailed and helpful feedback!

Build 363

ZIP

Currently, it consists of the USRGUIDE manual, I'm working on the others.

It is available as PDF (probably the most useful format), but I can make other formats available if requested. I can provide plain ASCII text, Word Document, Open Desktop (Open Office), and RTF.

The document(s) has been restored to slightly better than it's original format. It has a much more consistent (and compact) layout (it's now just 134 pages long, as opposed to 257 pages in the original!).

It includes numerous small readability enhancements such as coloured text for examples and code samples, and it's been extensively restored to fix the many (more than 1,100!)  grammatical and spelling mistakes and syntax errors that plagued the original.

UPDATE: Due to a number of suggestions, I've added :

• A full table of contents (TOC) within the document itself;
• A list of tables (TOC Table)
• A list of references and examples (TOC Ref)
• Header with page numbers
• Fixed up many more (> 70) OCR errors and syntax errors
• Reverted the font colouring and table layouts to primarily B&W (see note below)

This release is ver 1.30.

NOTE: Due to the number of requests, the font colours in the document have been reverted to black-and-white, with the exception of code snippets (which I won't be changing).

Stay tuned for the Programmer's Guide, the System Guide, and the Command guide!

Release

1.30

2.4M

Like the previous (User's) guide, this has been restored from an OCR'd original. Unlike the previous guide, this one is quite a bit more complicated, and some arbitrary decisions had to be made. In particular, the source listing binary data reference (opcode values) had to be omitted, as did the address offsets.

This is number 2 in the set. Final release (initial upload for verification) is Saturday, March 5th, 2011.

Thanks to Freek Heite for pointing out some of the errors!

Release

1.12

2.6M

The CP/M 3 Command Reference Guide

This is a simple reference guide for the basic commands and utilities supplied as standard with CP/M 3 (i.e. SAVE, PIP, MAC, ED, etc.)

This document contains the only (so far) unrecoverable data, in one sentence. It's clearly marked as such. Of course, this had to happen in the SHORTEST and SIMPLEST of the manuals, right? Riiiight...

This is number 3 in the set. Final release (initial upload for verification) is Sunday, March 6th, 2011.

Thanks to Jeffrey Shook and Bob Devries for pointing out the flaws so quickly!

Release

1.10

1.1M

The CP/M 3 System Reference Guide

The System Reference guide is the core document for anyone wishing to build a CP/M 3 system.

Significant work has gone into double-checking the source code samples, symbol references, and text. Hopefully this will ensure a reliable and usable building guide.

This is number 4 in the set. Final release (initial upload for verification) is Thursday, March 10th, 2011.

Release

1.00

2.5M