DECB binary format

The DECB binary format was used on 6809 based machines : Tandy CoCo, Dragon 32/64 and Thomson MO/TO. More...

Functions
int	DECB_BIN_Add_Chunk (FILE *f, word size, word address, const byte *data)
	Add a chunk to a DECB binary file. More...
int	DECB_BIN_Add_End (FILE *f, word address)
	Add a chunk to a DECB binary file. More...
int	DECB_Check_binary_file (FILE *f)
	Check if the file is in the DECB Binary format. More...

Detailed Description

The DECB binary format was used on 6809 based machines : Tandy CoCo, Dragon 32/64 and Thomson MO/TO.

DECB stand for Disk Extended Color Basic and was a version of the Microsoft BASIC-69 (their basic for Motorola 6809)

Function Documentation

DECB_BIN_Add_Chunk()

int DECB_BIN_Add_Chunk	(	FILE *	f,
		word	size,
		word	address,
		const byte *	data
	)

Add a chunk to a DECB binary file.

Parameters

f	open file
size	size of the memory chunk
address	load address of the memory chunk
data	data to add in memory chunk

Returns

true for success

References Write_byte(), Write_bytes(), and Write_word_be().

Referenced by Save_MOTO().

DECB_BIN_Add_End()

int DECB_BIN_Add_End	(	FILE *	f,
		word	address
	)

Add a chunk to a DECB binary file.

Parameters

f	open file
address	run address of the binary file (LOADM,,R)

Returns

true for success

References Write_byte(), and Write_word_be().

Referenced by Save_MOTO().

DECB_Check_binary_file()

int DECB_Check_binary_file

(

FILE *

f

)

Check if the file is in the DECB Binary format.

Parameters

f

open file

Returns

1 if the file is in DECB Binary format, or else 0

References Read_byte(), and Read_word_be().

Referenced by MOTO_Check_binary_file().