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Re: Binary hex listings via CiderPress?



On Nov 22, 3:03 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> KP wrote:
> > On Nov 22, 12:56 am, Chuck Morris <chuckwmor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>On Nov 21, 5:14 pm, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>Under one of the old forked versions of AppleWin, namely version 1.8j,
> >>>there was an icon on the command bar to extract files from disk
> >>>images.  Doing so would produce an AppleSoft listing for type A files
> >>>and a hex dump listing for type B files, with the appropriate "BSAVE
> >>><FILENAME>, <START>, <LENGTH>" command at the end.
>
> >>>Using CiderPress, I have managed to dump AppleSoft listings to text,
> >>>but for B(inary) files, all that I have managed to do is to produce an
> >>>assembler listing (complete with those assembly commands like JMP,
> >>>etc.)
>
> >>>I liked the old AppleWin 1.8j listings, because they are the same type
> >>>of plain hex (i.e., type right into the monitor, no assembler
> >>>required) listings that appeared in old issues of Nibble, etc.
>
> >>>Is there any way to produce Monitor-ready hex listings from B-type
> >>>Binary files using CiderPress?  If so, how do I do it?
>
> >>When you double click on a binary file in CiderPress, the default
> >>listing that is produced is a disassembly listing, but you can select
> >>other options from the dropdown list below the listing, or simply
> >>click the "Hex" button at the bottom of the
> >>screen.
>
> > Thank you, but the "Hex" button produces a listing that can't be
> > directly typed into the monitor (i.e., it can't be copied and then
> > pasted using a SHIFT-INSERT with AppleWin).
>
> > A line of CidePress "Hex" listing looks like this:
>
> > 00003df0: 91 26 ee 07 40 c8 ee 0d 40 ad 0d 40 c9 04 d0
> > e2  .&n.@Hn.@-...@I.Pb
>
> > A line of AppleWin 1.8j hex listing looks like this:
>
> > 32D3: A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 A0 AA 01 1F 74 00 5D
>
> > Is there a way to make CiderPress produce the same type of listing, so
> > that it can be directly fed into the monitor?
>
> You can open the hex .txt file in Word and hold down the Alt key as
> you drag the cursor to select the unwanted ASCII interpretation of
> the data.  After it is selected, Delete will remove it.  Then re-save
> the file and you're set.
>
> Many people don't know about Alt-<select> in Word.  It allows a
> two-dimensional selection, rather than a textual selection.  I've
> found it very useful for converting an assembler listing back into
> assembler source.  ;-)
>
> -michael
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Thanks... will try this.  There's no way to just get CiderPress to
crank out the formatted listing as AppleWin 1.8j does?