README.md
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* Submitted to the DECUS Fall 1983 RT-11 Tape *
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* Authors: T.J.Weslowski, Instructor *
* Computer Science Department *
* SUNY at Oswego *
* Oswego, NY 13126 *
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* E.F.Beadel, Jr., Manager *
* CAUSE Instructional Computer Center *
* SUNY at Oswego *
* Oswego, NY 13126 *
* phone: 315/341-3055 *
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* Date: 10-AUG-83 *
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The program "TOHEX" converts ANY disk file to a file of
hexidecimal characters replete with lines and line numbers.
This ascii hex file can then be transmitted from one
computer to another over normal terminal transmission lines.
We use the program TSTE from an earlier DECUS RT-11 SIG tape
which runs under V03B and later versions of RT-11 to
routinely communicate with a RSTS/E V8.0 system over both
private and dial-up lines.
The sister program, "TOBIN", will take the ascii hex file
created by the program "TOHEX" and reconstruct the original
file.
Therefor, these two programs afford a method of transmitting
ANY file between two computers over ascii transmission
lines.
The program "TOHEX" must be compiled and linked with the
macro-11 program "BICB" as follows:
FORTRAN TOHEX
MACRO BICB
LINK TOHEX,BICB
While the program "TOBIN" must be compiled and linked with
the MACRO-11 program "UNHEX" as follows:
FORTRAN TOBIN
MACRO UNHEX
LINK TOHEX,BICB
The FORTRAN programs on this disk were compiled under
FORTRAN V02.1-1 with inline code, MACRO programs were
compiled under MACRO V4.00. The programa were linked with
LINK V05.04E , using a SYSLIB configured for the FIS
instruction set. These programs have also been compiled
on other versions of FORTRAN and MACRO and linked with other
versions of LINK. The programs have been run under RT-11 on
a PDP 11/10 and a 11/34 and on LSI 11, 11/02, and 11/23's,
and under RSTS/E on a PDP 11/34.