Re: [LHA-misc] Line parsing routine

[Neil C. <nc...@ho...>]

Jay Hogg wrote:
> Forget the rock! I've got a stack of 40meg HD's that we use as door stops ;)

I'm glad you guys don't have a stock pile fo the XT's original 10M Disks! ;-)
 
> Actually, if you want to do downloads the best standard method around
> that we use every day to download code to DSP's, embedded processors,
> etc is Motorola S-Record format. It has the advantages that
> - It is standardized in format
> - Text/HEX printable based for dealing with 7-bit transmission
> - Internal addresses/continuation/etc
> - Internal checksums
> - Standard line lengths (not to exceed 80 chars incl cr/lf)

Very good points!

> - It can be decoded/cached in the receiving process and when the
>    S7/S9 record format arrives it can be validated and d'lded as
>    one piece.

I'm not familiar with this, any further info on the web somewhere?

> - Most compilers can generate it.

I also have a ton of tools to generate these records (Moto, Intel,
Tek, Inmos and a few others). I've written several in BASIC for my
NEC-PR8001 (like the RS Model 100 portable).

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