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Help/Utils
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00_backup.ADF |
| Filename: | Help/Utils |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 057F bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There are 5 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- AEW website » acornsoft » acornsoft_3_5_discs_Electron_Welcome_Disc_HA-WELC.adf » Help/Utils
- AEW website » acp_pres » acp_pres_3_5_discs_Electron-Adfs-E00_A-E00.adf » Help/Utils
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00.ADF » Help/Utils
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00_backup.ADF » Help/Utils
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_E00.adf » Help/Utils
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » dfs_box04_disk01b_adfs_welcome_disk_interleaved.adf » Help/Utils
File contents
** UTILS ** UTILS is a menu program designed to provide easy access to the utilities in the library directory on a disc. It also provides access to help files about these utilities. The menu entries have the form: Key *FileName or Key FileName where the '*', if present, signifies that the utility is written in machine code, rather than being an EXECutable command file. To run a utility, press the key beside it. Choosing an EXECutable command file utility will result in that utility being directly executed. Selecting a machine code utility will result in a prompt for any command-line arguments, after which the utility wil be called. Note that, outside of the menu program, all utilities may be called with a command line of the form: *UtilName To exit from the Utility menu, simply press ESCAPE. Adding utilities ---------------- To add a utility in such a way that it will be recognised by the menu program, you need to do two things: 1. Add the utility to $.Library 2. Add help information to $.Help The utility may either be machine code, or be a textual (EXECutable) command file. Command files are recognised by having an execute address of &FFFFFFFF, and may be created using *Build; they will typically contain the two lines: *BASIC CH."$.Library.BASIC.UtilName" Help information should be formatted to be read in mode 6.
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 2a 20 | ** | 00000010 55 54 49 4c 53 20 2a 2a 0d 0d 55 54 49 4c 53 20 |UTILS **..UTILS | 00000020 20 69 73 20 61 20 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 20 70 72 6f | is a menu pro| 00000030 67 72 61 6d 20 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 74 |gram designed t| 00000040 6f 0d 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 20 65 61 73 79 20 61 |o.provide easy a| 00000050 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 75 74 69 |ccess to the uti| 00000060 6c 69 74 69 65 73 20 69 6e 0d 74 68 65 20 6c 69 |lities in.the li| 00000070 62 72 61 72 79 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 |brary directory | 00000080 6f 6e 20 61 20 64 69 73 63 2e 0d 20 49 74 20 61 |on a disc.. It a| 00000090 6c 73 6f 20 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 73 20 61 63 |lso provides ac| 000000a0 63 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c |cess to help fil| 000000b0 65 73 0d 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 75 |es.about these u| 000000c0 74 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 6d |tilities...The m| 000000d0 65 6e 75 20 65 6e 74 72 69 65 73 20 68 61 76 65 |enu entries have| 000000e0 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 3a 0d 0d 4b 65 79 20 | the form:..Key | 000000f0 2a 46 69 6c 65 4e 61 6d 65 20 20 6f 72 0d 4b 65 |*FileName or.Ke| 00000100 79 20 20 46 69 6c 65 4e 61 6d 65 0d 0d 77 68 65 |y FileName..whe| 00000110 72 65 20 20 74 68 65 20 27 2a 27 2c 20 20 69 66 |re the '*', if| 00000120 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 2c 20 20 73 69 67 6e 69 | present, signi| 00000130 66 69 65 73 0d 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 75 74 |fies.that the ut| 00000140 69 6c 69 74 79 20 69 73 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e |ility is written| 00000150 20 69 6e 20 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 0d 63 6f 64 | in machine.cod| 00000160 65 2c 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 20 74 68 61 6e 20 |e, rather than | 00000170 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 20 45 58 45 43 75 74 | being an EXECut| 00000180 61 62 6c 65 0d 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 66 69 6c |able.command fil| 00000190 65 2e 0d 0d 54 6f 20 72 75 6e 20 61 20 75 74 69 |e...To run a uti| 000001a0 6c 69 74 79 2c 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 |lity, press the | 000001b0 6b 65 79 20 20 62 65 73 69 64 65 0d 69 74 2e 20 |key beside.it. | 000001c0 43 68 6f 6f 73 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 20 45 58 45 43 |Choosing an EXEC| 000001d0 75 74 61 62 6c 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 66 |utable command f| 000001e0 69 6c 65 0d 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 20 77 69 6c |ile.utility wil| 000001f0 6c 20 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 20 74 68 |l result in th| 00000200 61 74 20 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 0d 62 65 69 6e |at utility.bein| 00000210 67 20 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 20 20 65 78 65 |g directly exe| 00000220 63 75 74 65 64 2e 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6e 67 |cuted. Selecting| 00000230 20 20 61 0d 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 63 6f 64 65 | a.machine code| 00000240 20 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 20 | utility will | 00000250 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 61 0d 70 72 6f 6d |result in a.prom| 00000260 70 74 20 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 63 6f 6d 6d |pt for any comm| 00000270 61 6e 64 2d 6c 69 6e 65 20 61 72 67 75 6d 65 6e |and-line argumen| 00000280 74 73 2c 0d 61 66 74 65 72 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |ts,.after which | 00000290 74 68 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 77 69 6c 20 |the utility wil | 000002a0 62 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 2e 0d 0d 0d 4e 6f 74 |be called....Not| 000002b0 65 20 74 68 61 74 2c 20 6f 75 74 73 69 64 65 20 |e that, outside | 000002c0 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 70 72 6f 67 |of the menu prog| 000002d0 72 61 6d 2c 0d 61 6c 6c 20 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 |ram,.all utilit| 000002e0 69 65 73 20 20 6d 61 79 20 20 62 65 20 20 63 61 |ies may be ca| 000002f0 6c 6c 65 64 20 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 0d 63 6f 6d |lled with a.com| 00000300 6d 61 6e 64 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |mand line of the| 00000310 20 66 6f 72 6d 3a 0d 0d 2a 55 74 69 6c 4e 61 6d | form:..*UtilNam| 00000320 65 0d 0d 54 6f 20 20 65 78 69 74 20 66 72 6f 6d |e..To exit from| 00000330 20 20 74 68 65 20 55 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 6d 65 | the Utility me| 00000340 6e 75 2c 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 0d 70 72 65 73 73 |nu, simply.press| 00000350 20 45 53 43 41 50 45 2e 0d 0d 0d 41 64 64 69 6e | ESCAPE....Addin| 00000360 67 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 0d 2d 2d 2d 2d |g utilities.----| 00000370 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0d 0d 54 6f |------------..To| 00000380 20 61 64 64 20 61 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 20 | add a utility | 00000390 69 6e 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 77 61 79 20 74 68 |in such a way th| 000003a0 61 74 20 69 74 0d 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 72 65 |at it.will be re| 000003b0 63 6f 67 6e 69 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 |cognised by the | 000003c0 6d 65 6e 75 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c 0d 79 6f |menu program,.yo| 000003d0 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 77 6f |u need to do two| 000003e0 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 3a 0d 0d 31 2e 20 41 64 64 | things:..1. Add| 000003f0 20 74 68 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 | the utility to | 00000400 24 2e 4c 69 62 72 61 72 79 0d 32 2e 20 41 64 64 |$.Library.2. Add| 00000410 20 68 65 6c 70 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f | help informatio| 00000420 6e 20 74 6f 20 24 2e 48 65 6c 70 0d 0d 0d 54 68 |n to $.Help...Th| 00000430 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 6d 61 79 20 65 69 |e utility may ei| 00000440 74 68 65 72 20 62 65 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 |ther be machine | 00000450 63 6f 64 65 2c 0d 6f 72 20 20 62 65 20 61 20 74 |code,.or be a t| 00000460 65 78 74 75 61 6c 20 20 28 45 58 45 43 75 74 61 |extual (EXECuta| 00000470 62 6c 65 29 20 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 0d 66 69 |ble) command.fi| 00000480 6c 65 2e 20 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 20 66 69 6c |le. Command fil| 00000490 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 20 72 65 63 6f 67 6e 69 73 |es are recognis| 000004a0 65 64 20 62 79 0d 68 61 76 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 20 |ed by.having an | 000004b0 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 |execute address | 000004c0 6f 66 20 26 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 2c 0d 61 6e |of &FFFFFFFF,.an| 000004d0 64 20 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 |d may be create| 000004e0 64 20 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 2a 42 75 69 6c 64 3b |d using *Build;| 000004f0 20 74 68 65 79 0d 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 79 70 69 63 | they.will typic| 00000500 61 6c 6c 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |ally contain the| 00000510 20 74 77 6f 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 3a 0d 0d 2a 42 41 | two lines:..*BA| 00000520 53 49 43 0d 43 48 2e 22 24 2e 4c 69 62 72 61 72 |SIC.CH."$.Librar| 00000530 79 2e 42 41 53 49 43 2e 55 74 69 6c 4e 61 6d 65 |y.BASIC.UtilName| 00000540 22 0d 0d 0d 48 65 6c 70 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 |"...Help informa| 00000550 74 69 6f 6e 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 66 |tion should be f| 00000560 6f 72 6d 61 74 74 65 64 20 74 6f 0d 62 65 20 72 |ormatted to.be r| 00000570 65 61 64 20 69 6e 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 36 2e 0d |ead in mode 6..| 0000057f
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