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Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension)

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Hugh Hood wrote:
> Benoît,
> 
> I certainly like the assembly listing in .pdf format that you provided, 
> particularly since it contains the symbol tables at the end.
> 
> May I ask whether this .pdf was something that was converted from a text 
> file by capturing Merlin's output following the Merlin 'PRTR' command, 
> or rather was it created from a text file generated by the Merlin 
> 'Printfiler' utility?
My current development environment for 8bit and DOS 3.3 programs is a MacOS
X node and an "Apple //e enhanced"
emulator (Virtual 2 by Gerard Putter), it offers a printer emulation by
capturing slot #1 (configurable
output) as a real printer (either a Epson MX or an Apple Imagewriter) will
do. This include the noise made by the dot printing and the paper feed, a
sound that I like to hear nowadays - no exact emulation for the noise
hélas).
The other "advanced" feature I like much about Virtual 2 (beyond its debug
facilities) is that it can emulate a volume (either DOS 3.3 or ProDOS) in a
native Mac OS X folder which is something that I appreciate a lot (but not
in this
context of 8bits GP utility dev.).
The listing was generated by an assembly just after a PRTR 1 command @ the
Merlin 8 editor prompt.
I do not use Merlin 32 because I do not think that it will
generate DOS 3.3 executables (cf. the first 4 bytes).
> If the former, did you do this via an emulator capturing 'printed' 
> output, or did you send the 'print' via a serial hookup to another
> computer?
> 
> I generally use Merlin32 these days and create .pdf listings from its 
> text file output, but there is still a charm to the actual Merlin 8/16 
> formatted listings that I like, including the symbol tables.
> 
> Thank you for satisfying my curiosity and for sharing your methodology.
You're welcome
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hugh Hood
Benoît

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ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr> - 2017-07-30 20:26 +0000
  Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-30 18:02 -0500
    Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr> - 2017-07-31 05:49 +0000
      Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2017-08-01 00:05 -0500
        Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) ol.sc@web.de (Oliver Schmidt) - 2017-08-01 08:00 +0000
        Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2017-08-01 13:59 -0500
          Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2017-08-02 01:50 -0500
            Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2017-08-02 12:00 -0500
          Re: ProBLOAD (a DOS 3.3 tiny extension) Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 15:22 -0700

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