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mc09: Add mc09rtc command and GPIO registers defs in mc09.d New command mc09rtc to read/write a DS1802 RTC attached to multicomp09 GPIO. New help file mc09rtc.hp. Associated additions to mc09 makefile(s).
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1 VFY Edition 16 docs
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3 This utility is intended to be used as a replacement for the awkward to use
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4 os9 utility "verify", but with the ability to do repairs and modifications to
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5 the target file. These repairs/modifications are done 'insitu' to the named
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6 file. It can also do the "split" operation on the named file, generating a
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7 whole directory full of the individual modules of your merged files such as
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8 "os9boot" or your boot time loaded "util" files.
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12 Because it works on the named file, not a copy, be warned that this program
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13 can also do a lot of damage if miss-used. If unsure of yourself in any way,
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14 make a backup copy of the file and work on it. Or if its your bootdisk, back
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15 it up first! Even though I wrote this, I do exactly that! I do test
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16 everything in this before I upload it for public usage, and I have not had
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17 it break for anything in the "released" version since Edition 12 or before.
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18 Thats not to say it hasn't miss-behaved here, but the uploaded version is
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19 solid, it will do exactly as you ask it to do!
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21 Oh Well, edition 15 lasted a week. Nothing wrong with it (that I know of),
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23 added. I had written it originally to have total control over its
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24 verbosity, but had never actually added the command line option to control
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25 it. Now it has it. A "-v" in the option area will shut all reporting off,
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26 nary a squeek unless an error is returned which will make it spit out the
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27 help screen on its way to the exit and the system which will report it as
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28 usual. Edition is now 16, and the ty/rv byte is back to $81. As before, all
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29 screen output is thru the stderr path, so redirect it ">>" if you want a
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30 record file to be made.
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32 Edition 16's big change is that it now implements the ability to fix any one
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33 "named on the command line" module in the whole file. If a name is given on
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34 the command line, then each modules name is compared to the command line
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35 name, case insensitive, and when the match is found, the options updates are
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36 done to this named module only. It then reverts to a report only mode for
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37 the rest of the file. As in earlier versions, if no name is given, the
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38 first module only is fixed if one of the ty/la, at/rv or datasize is given
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39 update/change status.
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41 Edition 15 fixed a long standing error in how the INIT module data was
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42 displayed, and now skips the Exec and Data displays for device descriptors.
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44 For a quick syntax message, just type "vfy" with no options.
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46 To recap, if a -u(a,t,r,l,d)=$xx type entry is given on the cmnd line, the
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47 first (or the named one if -n=name is used) module encountered in "file"
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48 will be modified accordingly. Someone did squawk about the $ sign, but I
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49 still left that requirement in because it reminds the user this IS hex data
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50 it wants, not decimal or some other number base.
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52 The (-ua=$hexdata etc) header repairs will only be re-written if a change
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53 has taken place, and only for the first (named module if -n=name used now)
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54 module found in a file if the -f isn't in effect. The first (or named) ones
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55 crc will also be updated. Modules further into the file will not be fixed
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56 if the -f option isn't used unless the -n=name option is used.
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58 If the -f option is used, all of the modules in "file" will be repaired.
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59 Only the first will be subjected to the header (-ua=$hexchar etc) fixes in
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60 that event, the rest being only updated if there is in fact an error found.
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61 I don't recommend including the -u stuffs without nameing the module they
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62 are to be applied to as a matter of habitual usage. It might save a headache
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63 someday!
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65 It will still print the S/B $xx (Good) message and the "Repaired to $xx"
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66 message if -f, even if no actual changes were made. It will beep if any
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67 changes were in fact made to the module currently being scanned.
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69 The -ud=$hexdata needs further clarification. The addition is modulo 65536,
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70 a fancy way of saying it throws away the carry if the result of your
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71 addition is >65536. In other words, to reduce the datasize in the module by
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72 $100 bytes, add $FF00, not -$0100. It only keeps the last 4 digits you give
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73 it on the command line too. Less than 4 default to $000yourdigit etc.
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75 Also in need of clarification are the -s and -sk options.
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77 The -s option causes it to split the target file (without inflicting any
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78 damages other than the -u or -f might do to each module first) into
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79 individual modules in the current working directory, a great way to take
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80 your os9boot file apart. If a -u was used, the modified version is split to
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81 disk file.
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83 If the -sk option is used, vfy ASSUMES you are naming a kernal track of a
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84 bootable disk as the target file to read. This "filename" is best generated
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85 by running my "krnl_to_dir" utility on the bootable diskette (which is not
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86 write protected of course) which will look for an unused sector on the disk,
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87 allocate it, enter the required file descriptor information describing the
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88 kernel track (it assumes track 34 is the kernel) and make a directory entry
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89 in the root directory of that disk, effectively converting the hidden kernel
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90 track that only dcheck can find and report as 18 errors, into a normally
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91 accessable file. That "krnl_to_dir" is in another archive I uploaded called
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92 "krnlutils" in the delphi os9 database and on chestnut.
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94 Once that is done, then vfy's -sk option will split it up into its 5 component
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97 Caveat #2
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99 Please note however that this "krnl_to_dir" generated file is not one that
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100 can be copied from one disk to another (and be expected to work) with *any*
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101 known utility other than my own "krnlmvr" which requires the write target
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102 disk to have the directory entry krnlmvr uses already installed by
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103 krnl_to_dir. The 5 files it makes CAN be freely copied, merged, cpa'd, etc
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104 to make up the replacement KERNAL to copy back with "krnlmvr". I'm not
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105 saying there isn't another copier that overwrites, only that I haven't found
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106 it after diligent searching.
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108 For more info, see the archive "krnlutils" by myself. I could not find a
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109 copy util in the whole os9 world that actually would over-write the targeted
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110 file insitu. So I wrote krnlmvr. Why? Because it was one heck of a lot
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111 easier to use than the utils furnished to install kernel track patches for
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112 the earlier releases of Nitros9. Its worked so well that I've not used the
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113 Nitros9 furnished method since!
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115 Caveat #3
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117 Don't *ever* delete that now visible 'KERNAL' file on your bootable diskette
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118 if you want it to stay bootable after something else has been written to
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119 this diskette! If you want to hide it again once you are done making mods,
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120 use dEd to clear the name in the directory itself. I think the B&B "zap"
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121 utility might also be safe to use but I haven't tried it. To totally
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122 restore the disk so it doesn't show in the directory, find that allocated
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123 for the FD sector using ded to look at the address in the last 3 bytes of
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124 the directory entry and "bd" it. Or figure out which bit to clear in the
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125 FAT.
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127 COPY RIGHTS and DISK CLAIMERS
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129 As usual, this is Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 and 1995 by Maurice E.(Gene)
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130 Heskett. It may be freely copied and used provided no intended profit is
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131 realized other than the cost of the media. As one of its functions (-sk) has
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132 been a great help to me in upgrading the kernal track for the later versions
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133 of the os9/6309 opsys commonly called "NITROS9", permission for it to be
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134 included as part of that distribution is hereby given to Colin McKay and
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135 Alan Dekok, a.k.a. Northern Xposure. The cost of that software may not be
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136 adjusted upward just because this program is included unless that puts it
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137 over into another diskette to contain the complete package. It may also be
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138 included in the patch collections available for os9 under the same
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139 limitations. The ONLY limitation being that this archive's contents must be
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140 included without modification in such distributions so that this .doc file,
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141 however verbose, remains intact to the end users site.
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143 I also make no claims about its suitability for the job. If your coffee
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144 maker only makes bad bourbon after using this, I am not responsible, however
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145 I would like an email message describing the exact circumstances under which
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146 that error occured. Maybe I can fine tune it to make good bourbon! I seem to
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147 be better at that than most. (Grin)
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149 Cheers all, WDTV5@delphi.com
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152 An os9 utility for verifying module files
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153 Copyright (C) 2014 Gene Heskett
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155 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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156 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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157 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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158 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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160 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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161 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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162 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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163 GNU General Public License for more details.
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165 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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166 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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167 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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