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P/+autor1
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_27.ADF |
| Filename: | P/+autor1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 07DC bytes |
| Load address: | D204556 |
| Exec address: | 1010101 |
File contents
AUTOROM
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By Richard Dimond
This program was published in Acornuser, January 1992 and I have found it
very useful. It allowed you to save up to 16 short M/code files in SW RAM
and these then may be *RUN in the usual way. When this is done, the
program is downloaded to the normal address each time. There are &3700
bytes of memory for the programs and a 'Too big' error given if there is
not enough memory to save a file. A *HELP facility gives the commands to
use it and a list of files held in memory. The 4 commands are -
*CLEAR Clear memory.
*CACHE <filename> Save file
*SCRAP <filename> Delete file
*DATA List files CACHEd with file info
The program as published was intended for DFS use as it allowed for a
filename of 7 characters only. As I usually use ADFS, I found that, if
a 10 character filename was entered, while the file was allowed to be
*CACHEd, it was not possible to use it as the filename was shortened to 8
characters. Also it was impossible to *SCRAP it and the only way to
correct this was to *CLEAR the memory and *CACHE the files again.
While I usually use short filenames, I thought I could modify the program
so that it would accept a 10 character filename to avoid this problem. I
have now done this with several small changes to the program and this made
the totals for the checking needed to be altered too.
As the data for each program needed to be increased by 3 bytes giving a
total of 19 bytes for each index entry, it is not possible to allow for 16
programs as the length of the index is only 256 bytes and there is now
only room for 13.
To use the program, load it into SW RAM and press Ctrl/Brk to set it up.
You must then enter *CLEAR <RETURN> to set up the memory. If you then
enter *DATA, you will get the report - &3700 bytes free. After *CACHEing
the files you must then re-save the program.
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00000000 0d 41 55 54 4f 52 4f 4d 0d 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |.AUTOROM.~~~~~~~| 00000010 0d 42 79 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 44 69 6d 6f |.By Richard Dimo| 00000020 6e 64 0d 0d 54 68 69 73 1a 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |nd..This. progra| 00000030 6d 20 77 61 73 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 64 20 |m was published | 00000040 69 6e 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 75 73 65 72 2c 20 4a 61 |in Acornuser, Ja| 00000050 6e 75 61 72 79 20 31 39 39 32 20 61 6e 64 20 49 |nuary 1992 and I| 00000060 20 68 61 76 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 74 0d 76 | have found it.v| 00000070 65 72 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 2e 1a 20 49 74 20 |ery useful.. It | 00000080 61 6c 6c 6f 77 65 64 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 |allowed you to s| 00000090 61 76 65 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 31 36 20 73 68 6f |ave up to 16 sho| 000000a0 72 74 20 4d 2f 63 6f 64 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |rt M/code files | 000000b0 69 6e 20 53 57 20 52 41 4d 0d 61 6e 64 20 74 68 |in SW RAM.and th| 000000c0 65 73 65 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 1a |ese then may be.| 000000d0 20 2a 52 55 4e 1a 20 69 6e 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 | *RUN. in. the. | 000000e0 75 73 75 61 6c 1a 20 77 61 79 2e 1a 20 20 57 68 |usual. way.. Wh| 000000f0 65 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 64 6f 6e 65 2c |en this is done,| 00000100 20 74 68 65 0d 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 1a 20 69 73 | the.program. is| 00000110 1a 20 64 6f 77 6e 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 1a 20 74 6f |. downloaded. to| 00000120 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 61 64 64 72 | the normal addr| 00000130 65 73 73 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 20 |ess each time. | 00000140 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 26 33 37 30 30 0d |There are &3700.| 00000150 62 79 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 |bytes of memory | 00000160 66 6f 72 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |for. the. progra| 00000170 6d 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 20 27 54 6f 6f 20 62 69 |ms and a 'Too bi| 00000180 67 27 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 69 |g' error given i| 00000190 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 0d 6e 6f 74 20 65 |f there is.not e| 000001a0 6e 6f 75 67 68 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 74 6f 20 |nough memory to | 000001b0 73 61 76 65 20 61 1a 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 20 41 |save a. file. A| 000001c0 20 2a 48 45 4c 50 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 20 | *HELP facility | 000001d0 67 69 76 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |gives the comman| 000001e0 64 73 20 74 6f 0d 75 73 65 20 69 74 20 61 6e 64 |ds to.use it and| 000001f0 20 61 20 6c 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 66 69 6c 65 73 | a list of files| 00000200 20 68 65 6c 64 20 69 6e 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2e | held in memory.| 00000210 20 20 54 68 65 20 34 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 | The 4 commands| 00000220 20 61 72 65 20 2d 0d 0d 20 20 20 20 20 2a 43 4c | are -.. *CL| 00000230 45 41 52 20 20 43 6c 65 61 72 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 |EAR Clear memor| 00000240 79 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 2a 43 41 43 48 45 20 20 |y.. *CACHE | 00000250 3c 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 3e 20 53 61 76 65 20 |<filename> Save | 00000260 66 69 6c 65 0d 20 20 20 20 20 2a 53 43 52 41 50 |file. *SCRAP| 00000270 20 20 3c 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 3e 20 44 65 6c | <filename> Del| 00000280 65 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 0d 20 20 20 20 20 2a 44 |ete file. *D| 00000290 41 54 41 20 20 20 4c 69 73 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 |ATA List files| 000002a0 20 43 41 43 48 45 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 66 69 6c | CACHEd with fil| 000002b0 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 |e info..The prog| 000002c0 72 61 6d 20 61 73 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 64 |ram as published| 000002d0 20 77 61 73 1a 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 64 65 64 1a 20 | was. intended. | 000002e0 66 6f 72 1a 20 44 46 53 1a 20 75 73 65 1a 20 61 |for. DFS. use. a| 000002f0 73 20 69 74 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 65 64 20 66 6f 72 |s it allowed for| 00000300 20 61 0d 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 37 | a.filename of 7| 00000310 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 | characters only| 00000320 2e 20 20 41 73 20 49 20 75 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 |. As I usually | 00000330 75 73 65 20 20 41 44 46 53 2c 1a 20 20 49 20 66 |use ADFS,. 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I.have n| 00000510 6f 77 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 74 |ow done this wit| 00000520 68 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 |h several small | 00000530 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 70 |changes to the p| 00000540 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 |rogram and this | 00000550 6d 61 64 65 0d 74 68 65 20 74 6f 74 61 6c 73 20 |made.the totals | 00000560 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 65 63 6b 69 6e 67 |for the checking| 00000570 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 6c | needed to be al| 00000580 74 65 72 65 64 20 74 6f 6f 2e 0d 0d 41 73 20 74 |tered too...As t| 00000590 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 20 66 6f 72 1a 20 65 61 63 |he data for. eac| 000005a0 68 1a 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 1a 20 6e 65 65 64 |h. program. need| 000005b0 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 |ed to be increas| 000005c0 65 64 20 62 79 20 33 20 62 79 74 65 73 20 67 69 |ed by 3 bytes gi| 000005d0 76 69 6e 67 20 61 0d 74 6f 74 61 6c 20 6f 66 20 |ving a.total of | 000005e0 31 39 20 62 79 74 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 65 61 63 |19 bytes for eac| 000005f0 68 20 69 6e 64 65 78 20 65 6e 74 72 79 2c 20 69 |h index entry, i| 00000600 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c |t is not possibl| 00000610 65 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 66 6f 72 20 31 |e to allow for 1| 00000620 36 0d 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 61 73 20 74 68 |6.programs as th| 00000630 65 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 20 6f 66 1a 20 74 68 65 |e length of. the| 00000640 1a 20 69 6e 64 65 78 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 6f 6e 6c |. index. is. onl| 00000650 79 20 32 35 36 20 62 79 74 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |y 256 bytes and | 00000660 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 77 0d 6f 6e 6c |there is now.onl| 00000670 79 20 72 6f 6f 6d 20 66 6f 72 20 31 33 2e 0d 0d |y room for 13...| 00000680 54 6f 1a 20 75 73 65 1a 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f |To. use. the pro| 00000690 67 72 61 6d 2c 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 69 74 20 69 6e |gram, load it in| 000006a0 74 6f 20 53 57 20 52 41 4d 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 |to SW RAM and pr| 000006b0 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2f 42 72 6b 20 74 6f 20 |ess Ctrl/Brk to | 000006c0 73 65 74 20 69 74 20 75 70 2e 20 0d 59 6f 75 20 |set it up. .You | 000006d0 6d 75 73 74 20 74 68 65 6e 1a 20 65 6e 74 65 72 |must then. enter| 000006e0 1a 20 2a 43 4c 45 41 52 1a 20 3c 52 45 54 55 52 |. *CLEAR. <RETUR| 000006f0 4e 3e 1a 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 74 68 |N>. to set up th| 00000700 65 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2e 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f |e memory. If yo| 00000710 75 20 74 68 65 6e 0d 65 6e 74 65 72 20 2a 44 41 |u then.enter *DA| 00000720 54 41 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 67 65 74 |TA, you will get| 00000730 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 1a 20 2d 20 26 | the report. - &| 00000740 33 37 30 30 20 62 79 74 65 73 20 66 72 65 65 2e |3700 bytes free.| 00000750 20 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 2a 43 41 43 48 45 69 6e | After *CACHEin| 00000760 67 0d 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 |g.the files you | 00000770 6d 75 73 74 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 65 2d 73 61 76 |must then re-sav| 00000780 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0d 0d |e the program...| 00000790 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a |****************| * 000007d0 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 0d 0d |**********..| 000007dc
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