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From: Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de>
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Subject: Re: File type of machine code? Where does it start?
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In article <5c29568075News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
   Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <5c294dfd2cbavariasound@chiemgau-net.de>,
>    Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> wrote:
>> What is the file type of machine code? In Bruce Smith book
>> "Raspberry Pi Assembly Language" he saves a block of memory with
>> the command *save <filename> <startaddr>+<length>. The saved file
>> has no file type. By a double click the code is running from the
>> desktop in single mode, though.

> Saved like that it will have no filetype (and no date) - instead it
> has a load and exec address, which default to <startaddr>

Thanks! I found something on page 2-15 of RISC OS 3 Programmer's
Reference Manual Volume 2.

| Load and execution addresses
|
| In the case of a simple machine code program these are the load and
| exection addresses of the program:

[...]

> Use *Help Start for more details.
> Display the file in the Filer with full info and it will show the load
> & start addresses.

Many thanks! This I was missing, and you answered my question before I
asked.

A.

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