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A86: Re: Assembly-86 Digest V1 #936




At 00:00 16/06/99 +0200, Assembly-86 Digest wrote:
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>Assembly-86 Digest      Wednesday, June 16 1999      Volume 01 : Number 936
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>Index of topics in this issue:
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>    A86: Input of a string
>    Re: A86: Input of a string
>    A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>    A86: C compiler
>    Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>    Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>    Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>    Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>    [OT] Re: A86: C compiler
>    Re: [OT] Re: A86: C compiler
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>See the end of the mail for information about the list!
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>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:33:29 EDT
>From: Jeanne9005@aol.com
>Subject: A86: Input of a string
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>Does inputting a string work the same as inputting a number?  If so, how
do I 
>set the maximum number of characters to input?  If not, how do I set it up?  
>Also, where will it end up, OP's or registers?
>
>Glen
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>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:41:10 EDT
>From: ComAsYuAre@aol.com
>Subject: Re: A86: Input of a string
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>this is a routine (taken from the diamonds level editor) which will return 
>with hl pointing to the start of the string.  when you call it, point hl to 
>the prompt string.
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>input_str:
>	xor a
>	ld (_ioPrompt),a				;clear io prompt
>	ld a,$0c
>	ld (_ASAP_IND),a			;set for string input
>	push hl
>	call _clrWindow
>	pop hl
>	call _puts					;display prompt
>	call _newline
>	set shiftAlpha,(iy+shiftflags)
>	set shiftALock,(iy+shiftflags)	;alpha lock
>	call _exec_pg3
>	call _runindicoff
>	res shiftAlpha,(iy+shiftflags)
>	res shiftALock,(iy+shiftflags)
>	ld a,b
>	ex de,hl
>	rst 10h					;_findsym
>	ld a,b
>	ex de,hl
>	jp _load_ram_ahl		;hl->string, and return
>
>
>note that the returned string has the size bytes (2 bytes) in front of it.  
>so if you want to input a string with a max size, do something like this:
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>get_string:
>	ld hl,prompt
>	call input_str
>	ld a,(hl)
>	cp 51				;50 chars max
>	jr nc,get_string
>	inc hl
>	ld a,(hl)
>	or a
>	jr nz,get_string		;anything other than 0 in upper size 
>byte
>	inc hl
>;hl now points to first byte in string
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>In a message dated 6/14/99 18:34:11 Eastern Daylight Time,
Jeanne9005@aol.com 
>writes:
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>> Does inputting a string work the same as inputting a number?  If so, how
do 
>I 
>>  set the maximum number of characters to input?  If not, how do I set it 
>up?  
>>  Also, where will it end up, OP's or registers?
>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:59:13 EDT
>From: McBorder@aol.com
>Subject: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>
>im working on a report for school and i need to get some quotes from a book.
>i couldnt take it out of my school library because this is the last week of 
>school.
>so im thinking that i will type up most of the report tonight then email it 
>to my hotmail account  then i can donwload it and add the quote in school
>the only comps in school are macs so can the mac handle a *.doc file or will 
>i be better of saving it as a *.txt file???
>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:02:33 -0400
>From: Damon Hopkins <mdhopkin@unity.ncsu.edu>
>Subject: A86: C compiler
>
>other than small c is there another c compiler for the 85 or 86? 
>preferably I need to do floating point calculations and would really be
>interested in multidimensional arrays and structures..
>
>		Thanks,
>
>			Damon Hopkins
>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:03:23 -0700
>From: Jeffrey Malone <ieatlint@home.com>
>Subject: Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>
>probably a txt, but then again, why atach anything at all? just paste
>the text into an email....
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>McBorder@aol.com wrote:
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>> im working on a report for school and i need to get some quotes from a
book.
>> i couldnt take it out of my school library because this is the last week of
>> school.
>> so im thinking that i will type up most of the report tonight then email it
>> to my hotmail account  then i can donwload it and add the quote in school
>> the only comps in school are macs so can the mac handle a *.doc file or
will
>> i be better of saving it as a *.txt file???
>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:03:44 -0400
>From: Damon Hopkins <mdhopkin@unity.ncsu.edu>
>Subject: Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
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>McBorder@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> im working on a report for school and i need to get some quotes from a
book.
>> i couldnt take it out of my school library because this is the last week of
>> school.
>> so im thinking that i will type up most of the report tonight then email it
>> to my hotmail account  then i can donwload it and add the quote in school
>> the only comps in school are macs so can the mac handle a *.doc file or
will
>> i be better of saving it as a *.txt file???
>
>I'd save it as a txt to be safe but if they have word on there more than
>likely it will be fine.
>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:12:45 PDT
>From: Cavan Carroll <cavanc@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>
>It depends on what the MAC has on it.
>I had the same problem, but luckily a couple of them had MS Word on them.
>Since you probably don't know, you should save it as a rich text file.
>MAC's and PC's can "understand" it :-)
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>    suck it
>     world's biggest idiot
>        Cavan Carrol
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:15:07 PDT
>From: Cavan Carroll <cavanc@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: A86: [OT] can the mac open .txt files
>
>If you save it as text then the formatting will be lost.
>All you'll have left is one really long string of text :-(
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>    suck it
>     world's biggest idiot
>        Cavan Carrol
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:18:18 +0100
>From: Nuno Sao Joao <nmasj@camoes.rnl.ist.utl.pt>
>Subject: [OT] Re: A86: C compiler
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>Damon Hopkins wrote:
>> 
>> other than small c is there another c compiler for the 85 or 86?
>> preferably I need to do floating point calculations and would really be
>> interested in multidimensional arrays and structures..
>
>	There's at least TCC and TISCO, but I think none of them
>	works directly with floating point...
>
>	NSJ
>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:26:03 PDT
>From: J D <starkruzr@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [OT] Re: A86: C compiler
>
>I think we talked about these way back when someone suggested a C++ compiler 
>for the 86.  What are they and how are they different from Small C?  
>Anybody?  Oh, yes, and a matter of curiosity - aren't those compilers 
>designed to work generically with the z80?  How is it, then, that we can use 
>them to do things with the 86's video, etc?
>
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>>From: Nuno Sao Joao <nmasj@camoes.rnl.ist.utl.pt>
>>Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>>To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>>Subject: [OT] Re: A86: C compiler
>>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:18:18 +0100
>>
>>
>>
>>Damon Hopkins wrote:
>> >
>> > other than small c is there another c compiler for the 85 or 86?
>> > preferably I need to do floating point calculations and would really be
>> > interested in multidimensional arrays and structures..
>>
>>	There's at least TCC and TISCO, but I think none of them
>>	works directly with floating point...
>>
>>	NSJ
>>
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