[Coco] Dump/edit memory in OS-9 or NitrOS-9?

[piperfox74]

Very helpful, Will. Thank you!

Christopher

> On Dec 16, 2016, at 14:26, William Carlin <whcarlinjr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Christopher,
> 
> The block number in the extended MDir does refer to the specific 8K memory
> block number.  You can get a "map" of all blocks by using the standard
> NitrOS-9 command "MMap".  The "PMap" command will show all tasks with a
> Process ID and what 8K blocks are in use by that program.  In PMap the
> blocks on the right are the program code and the blocks on the left are
> data areas.  You can use the MEd command to view the program code blocks by
> specifying the module name as the command line parameter.  I don't have
> access to VCC right now but I think if you run MEd without a module name,
> you can manually specify what 8K block of memory you want to examine/change.
> 
> Will
> 
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Christopher, I'm not realy sure. The only docs is the usage file when the
>> cmds is typed in alone. Looking at the usage file, that may be the case
>> (the block numbers)
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>> From: piperfox74 <piperfox74 at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Dump/edit memory in OS-9 or NitrOS-9?
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>> Thanks, Bill. I’ll give it a try.Is there documentation available on the
>> memory map? Do “blocks” relate to the output of mdir in any way? In mdir’s
>> extended output, I see columns for Block, Offset, Size, Ty (type?), Rv (?),
>> At (?), Uc (?) and Name.Christopher> On Dec 13, 2016, at 13:51, Bill Pierce
>> via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:> > Christopher, there is a little
>> known command almost exactly like dEd called MEd (Memory Editor). MEd will
>> edit running modules as well as verify them (calculate CRC). It will also
>> edit raw blocks of memory given an address (or block number?, can't
>> remember)> This util isn't in any of the archives for download and can only
>> be found on my site, but google has been playing with my links so here's a
>> direct link to "My Favorite OS9 Utils.dsk"> > Right Click the link and
>> select "Save Link As"> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.
>> com/u/23059963/Stuff/My%20Favorite%20OS9%20Utilities.dsk> > > > > > >
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>> From: piperfox74 <piperfox74 at gmail.com>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer
>> Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 12:33 pm>
>> Subject: [Coco] Dump/edit memory in OS-9 or NitrOS-9?> > Hey folks!Are
>> there commands to dump and edit memory live in OS-9 or NitrOS-9? Simple
>> PEEK & POKE equivalents would work, but something more sophisticated
>> maybe?I discovered dEd for hex editing files on disk. Nice.Christopher--
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