[Coco] Re: S-Record test

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Sat Jan 7 14:58:01 EST 2006


Good question, but the only programs I have which use s-records are 
binex and exbin from OS-9. Those two make no use of the header line or 
the address bytes. EXBIN will display the header but does not use it to 
name the binary file. The only use of addresses is by binex as it starts 
reading the file at the input start address. I can't remember any Disk 
Basic commands that use s-records.

So, when creating an eprom or .rom file, you will be at the mercy of the 
creation program as to how the header or address info is used.

Roger Taylor wrote:

> At 09:47 AM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
> 
>> All the checksums are wrong. The checksum needs to include the length 
>> of the line as well as all of the character pairs. So for the first 
>> line, A4 should be 91; NOT(A4)=5b, 5b+13=6e, and NOT(6e)=91
>>
>> Once you correct all the checksums, you can just declare the file is a 
>> .rom or .ccc and test it in MESS.
>>
>> Rog
> 
> 
> 
> I wonder if the S0 record is required, the header record containing the 
> module name, etc.?
> In other words, would some EPROM burners refuse the file if S0 is not 
> present?
> 
> 
> 



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