HP 163x LIF format

[maurice smulders]

Hi Tony,

I found those, thank you. I found that the HP 163x series uses 9 characters
of the first 10, uses the same type code.The one char not used in the
visible name is actually in lowercase, and defines which type it is ....
I have a dump ready to document them...

Thanks,

Maurice


On 12/22/05, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been able to figure out the LIF Directory format for HP 163x
> floppy
> > files. I will write up a doc for that. It is possible to mount a floppy
> > under Linux, set some parameters for the floppy drive, and dd it out to
> an
> > image file. This way one can read the floppy with the LIFUTILs out
> there...
>
> Have you looked at my LIF Utilities for Linux (available, I hope, from
> http://www.hpcc.org/, if not can send you a .tar.gz file). There might be
> some useful stuff there relating to reading directory entries, etc.
>
> I wrote this to handle the files used on the handheld calculators, and
> therefore there won't be explicit types defined for other files. But it's
> faitly clear how to add them. Ask me if you need some help.
>
>
> > In the XMas break I'll work on a doc to make that info available.
> >
> > However, I'm also looking how a dir entry looks for for example an
> Inverse
> > assembler and executable code. There is a way to load a program on these
> > LA's and execute them.
>
> I am sure yoy know this, but the things you need to find out are the 16
> bit file type code and the contents of the 4 type-dependant bytes. The
> latter could depend on the file size, or the execution entry  point, or...
>
> -tony
>