(C) Kotov AV (CAV Inc.)
(C) Music S.E.R.G.E
Continue the discussion of software programs, begun in one
of the previous numbers, because since that time have
accumulated a certain number of novelties.
We begin our discussion with the assemblers.
To date, I have a few systems of this naznacheniya.Poprobuyu
to their comparative characteristics.
But more on that below. Parade starts system
which I still like the most.
XAS (128K Only)
(C) Max Petrov
I can say about this assembly
only the good. More info: system
represents the editor with assembler + loadable Startup STS
(Supplied). Editor-made
very well, though some who have long
worked with Tasm'om not like the management,
but it's all nonsense ... On Power Editor
close to a good text editor. A 42 characters per line look
just fine, compared to Tasm'om,
Masm'om and Power Assembler'om (I
as the monitor is used b / w
TV with 23 cm and connected through the modulator, so think,
how to read 64-character text).
In XAS'e done fast swapping of modules
and, in general, the faster the disk,
than Tasm'e v 3.XX (and faster than in
4.0 (XLD)). Assembling passes
2.18 times faster than Tasm v 3.XX.
Develop programs and support their
occur faster than in Tasm'e (so
when an error occurs during assembly, shall be issued not a
mean message, as in Tasm'e v 3.XX, and the string with an error
text message error, and the most
steep - a string with the error is highlighted in the text, and
among the teams Editor
allowing a switch to the selected
rows). Voobshe in XAS'e many pleasant
surprises, and surprises. To give just
one example: once, leaving the Xas'a
in DOS (not Reset), I decided to run
it again (before that I made the sealing drive in Jemmini
Commander'e). Run and what do I see? Xas booted himself and
uploaded the text, which was at the exit from it. I was not
expecting this! With Xas'om on the disc, I had also file
descriptions x.txt in alternative encoding, file macro and STS,
a modified by Xas (file STS'a Compulsory should
be written after Xas'a). From the description
should that still needs to be converter
of Tasm'a in Xas, but it was not as bad.
Strongly sign I will not only
I will say little about macros. This, of course,
macros, but not in the sense that both the IBM
or on the DEC PDP-11, but in terms of how to
some text editors, ie,
character string or a team hanging on
any key. (The normal macros
except GENS'a on SPECCY I have not seen)
Short conclusion: the system is very
good, all the features described in
description (when buying look that takes), it is recommended to
use.
A now go to the strongest competitor Xas'a Masm'u.
Master Assembler (MASM) v 1.1
(C) KSA '* AIG *
Well, this very system for predicting
shift Tasm'u (I do not agree with this) but ...
It's always: there is "NO". So, the first
What you see is running Masm, - very
More familiar to Tasm'u font and a very similar menu. Well,
that's okay. Except for statements speed assembly - 700 lines /
sec, a pseudo-macro, a little better service, a text format (Oh
God, another one! / Cri de coeur ')
it turns out that this case is very similar
on Tasm. And sometimes even a little bit worse ...
So, we shall understand in order: in Masm'e
improved disk operations and service at
the disc, there is a built-in converter with Tasm'a v 3.XX,
introduced the possibility to reduce and commands DEFW DEFB to
DW, DB, introduced the recognition of undocumented commands
(not all) and, ostensibly, macros.
Probably, Monsieur KSA is not very
good idea for macros as such (not meant macro text editors) or
he has decided, so to speak, vypendritsya. So, its macros like
as two peas similar to the command . RERT n of * Macro
Assembler'a * on DEC PDP-11 (DCK). And there it serves as
"Macros" in KSA, to repeat N times
, to write in between. RERT /. ENDR
or, in the interpretation of KSA, BEGIN / END. On
Actually, "macro" refers to the text
concluded between the header and the operator
end macro with a unique name and
formal parameters (they can ostutstvovat)
and assembly associates to place
call the macro code. To better understand the
bring a piece of text from the program for
DEC PDP-11:
. MACRO SWAP ss, dd; title of the macro
; Exchange values
mov ss, - (sp); or register
mov dd, ss; memory
mov (sp) +, dd
. ENDM
Or macro mnemonics Z80 (GENS)
FILL MAC one, two; title of the macro
ld hl, = 0
ld de, = 0 +1
ld bc, = 1-1
ld (hl), = 2
ldir
ENDM
Actually, the macro system (normally made) is very
convenient (especially if not most of their set). Thus, almost
all work with the I / O devices and
maintenance of memory in the DEC PDP-11 MACRO
goes through macros (very strong there
makrobiblioteka). However, I digress ...
By Masm'u included a description of the format
ZX-WORD 2.XH, where almost everything is painted in detail. In
principle, Masm can be used (especially if the person does not
want store management in XAS'e or simply
very used to spoil his eyes, looking at 64 characters per
line). Support Masm'e programs at the same level as that
in Tasm'e, ie bad. Last cursor position is not remembered, (and
XAS'e memorized all), the errors are not marked.
That is, a sort of cart-severe system
for this cool coders. Oh, I forgot
to mention a built-in Masm'e
Block STS'a.
Perhaps my assessment is too biased and subjective.
Therefore I will give word man, dismantled with MASM'om
more than me.
(ELF:
You can add some comments
which the author Dana article did not mention
or mentioned in passing.
Firstly, in Masm'e a disk menu when the boot record and
importing text of TASM'a, though it now has one
not surprised. Second, one of the unpleasant features
Masm'ovskogo Editor Latency is it (that's really what
not be said about TASM 4.0 XLD). But despite
a number of shortcomings, I take MASM'om,
so as soon as it has macros, although
rather strange implemented, as well as
a few useful things, and the transition from TASM'a on MASM
exercise is much easier than, for example, XAS with its weird
text editor. Although like, he's done as well as in IS-DOS.)
Power Assembler v 3.0 128K
(C), Oleg Sergeev, 1996
What can I say about this product
the human mind ... The description states that it is
beta-version, 128K versions of the same name assembler versions
1.HH 2.xx, who worked in the 48K mode. Perhaps the man did not
have to Tasm'a 48-second car or even Tasm he dislikes, or does
it not PENTAGON ... In general, we have another Tasm'o-like
assembly with their individual twists and, of course, the
glitches (I have this thing not much chased, the time I did not
so much). If you're in Tasm'e, then you Power
Assembler, probably not needed. And if
you have not started yet, but intend to join the
discordant series of encoders, then you should
select or Tasm or something else (see
above), and if you have a 48K car, I sincerely sympathize with
you and recommend you get something on the basis of GENS'a, UNE
Example, FWORD FOR GENS v1.X. Nothing more I can say on Power
Assembler'u can not, and hardly anyone in our town say more.
Brief description: You can certainly use, but it's unclear
why. (Who does not agree with my opinion - please
write to the editorial address.)
Pass to the latest assembler
which appeared recently, and it is ....
would never guess it is ....
T A S M!
Turbo Assembler v 4.0 (XLD)
(C) XL DESIGN INC. 1996
(C) Sergei Pavlov
Well, say, CAV quite mad,
TASM new name-calling. But it DOES
NEW TASM, we can say a rebirth
old Tasm'a. Briefly we can say that
Fixed bugs 3.XX version added
binary numbers, Speeding up the speed,
added to the undocumented commands
built-in disk cache. In general, we can say
that the program is completely altered, but
while leaving all the teams Editor
and systems. Ie acquiring Tasm v 4.0,
you get familiar with new system
opportunities. Tasm v 4.0 - this is the best
Choice of for a person who does not want
move to XAS or Masm by virtue of its
habits Tasm'u or more for what reasons. Description of this
version is the electronic journal ZX-FORMAT N 3, and
write more about it nothing.
Estimate for 10-point scale:
XAS ............. 10
MASM ............. 6
TASM v4.0 ............. 7
PASM v3.0 ............. ?(??)
Low estimate Masm'a and Tasm'a arisen because the
64-character, and some
disadvantages accompany development.
P.S. Who would not agree - write, your letter
will appear (if you want)
and clarify some ambiguities mome
Options (if any).
Go to the next section of our bazaar and we'll start it
with the program RDS (you do not think anything wrong with
office of the same name it may have nothing
total).
ROK DISK SERVICE v 3.1
shareware version
(C) ELite Hackers club
'General coders' group 'WE'
ROK SOFTWARE
Do you remember the old ADS? So,
this is from the same opera, but made steeper.
In general, the program VERYGOO D.
In this program you can do
the disc is almost all that you see fit
(And faster than in ADS, DCU and HC).
Briefly enumerate the possibilities porogrammy.
Support Disc 40/80/86-trekovyh,
SD / DD density, formatting setting sector offset (interleave),
number of tracks (40/80/86) heap adjusting operations, the
ability to format, validate and recover from any track and any
(reasonable) number of tracks. There is a unique opportunity to
sort the disk (missing a file and drag where you want to)
analysis of the directory structure and correction error
structure. Saving a directory on tracks outside the 80
(81/82...86). Extended analysis of the track. Perhaps the
inclusion avtodetektsii disk in the drive. Small
size of the program compared with ADS and DCU.
Exterior view of the working field looks like
IBM'ovskuyu program Norton Disk Doctor
similar purpose. The program gives a very good impression, but
to erase from their disks ADS I would not recommend ...
In the RDS, to my great regret, not about
printed outside the team "SKIP", the absence of which
diminishes the value of RDS. (For nesveduyuschih I explain the
difference between SKIP and IGNORE: with SKIP or the road
sector is skipped, and if IGNORE NO! If IGNORE you have a great
opportunity to kill information that might have been able to
assume that the next day or on another drive.) Also, do not get
involved in sorting of the disk, you can easily lose all the
data. But as they say, "No prog without glitches. "We just know
what he lies.
COPY 3.3 turbo
BY U. of K. 'PSW
In fact, it's copyist, judging by
description of the steep. But .... Maybe I'm a fool,
no, on reflection in the mirror does not look like, but, damn,
copier properly adopted my settings, something read, something
writing, formatting processed disk
3 (!) pass (it was included danyh compression), but on the
destination disk NOTHING was, the length of the catalog
has 1519 sectors free for 26 files that were not! I put the
disk in doctor and what I saw? The road 0, sector 0: NULL, the
road sector 0 1: Yeah, something is, or rather the remnants of
the directory. I looked on, the road sector 0 2: information is
... In general, after some time prescribe that information on
disk is, but the directory is killed. Question: What
is this a glitch arose whether it was originally
or if you copy?
**** If anyone has a workable
version of the program, please
Received.
Something I review once in a heap
obtained, but oh well. We continue the conversation about the
news. Program that will replace all the unloved ZIP (ZIP
autostart removes a BASIC-Files and more something bad does).
LZ-Comppessor v 1.0
LZ-DEPACK
(C) Gamazov Vitaly
What happens when one IBM'schik
comes on a visit to another, and sees in that
new GAME'u (ie game)? It is a matter
pack and pulls to itself. And what he is packing?
That's right, archiver: some ARJ,
RAR, LHA, or even a bunch of these. At SPECCY
until recently was the only ZIP (about
others I have not heard). And then, there was still
one. After testing it was found that on a system with one drive
LZ can not change the wheels on a double disc machine glitches
are possible (the information is not mine), and nothing more
until no more noticed. Now for the good side: the system works
pretty fast, has windowed interface with the management of the
arrow. You can comment on files. System
simple and easy to use. When backing up files, pay attention to
size
and the availability of free disk space
LZ does not check the available free size (these things not
because of ignorance how much uzhmutsya files). Certain
disadvantage is that the expansion of
Archive - a large letter "A", a possible confusion with
TASM'ovskimi files. This case I can give some advice to put the
last character in the name of the archive the letter j (I do)
or what you like, the main you to remember, that this oznachet.
I recommend this program to use, it is good enough and
secure. Especially we can recommend it to people
engaged in creative work on the PC. (For example, I pack my my
graphics files).
PCX Show v 1.0
(C) Jonny Graphics
FireSoft Hackers Group
Looking for the first time on this program, I was
delighted. Yet my main
Specialization - graphics (I wonder why I keep this column?).
After she saw pictures that were attached to this viewer'u,
dreamed, how would it look nice on IBM on a VGA or SVGA monitor
and while not touching it. But somehow
kicked out of one igruhi on IBM images in
PCX-format, I decided to look at them
SPECCY and, if they normally look, konvertanut them
SPECTRUM-format. I thought that the program understands all
kinds PCX files ... yeah, took a run .. Uploading I
Zoom in entu programmulinu, and what I
see? - Brad mad. It turned out that
This viewer does not understand the format of 320 x 200
256 colors (and it is this, I had
picture). Thought, okay, figs with her,
Well, people did not know the layout of video memory
IBM in this mode. Trying to shove monotonous, takes all normal.
Uploaded He CGA-screen format (1 plan, 2 bits per
pixel) and this gadsky picture viewer
stretches horizontally. With this staring chetyrehplanovymi
files also work melts strange. She unfolds them horizontally
(well, she does not know that there are four plans for EGA
video adapter 16-color mode). Thus, we can say
that this program is good for monochrome PCX files, but the
rest?
P.S. For interesuyushihsya PCX-files can
tell about file structure and all
its species that may be.
Memory Test (H. UTILITY) v 1.3
(C) Honey Soft
POLYTECH Co Ltd.
written by Honich Andrej
What can I say about this program?
It performs a full memory test on the machines 48/128/512/1024
kilobytes, and for recent completion of the test is difficult
to wait. There is a standard interface for HC, a lot of
adjusting operations. Noted strange behavior on my machine: if
start of the program may determine the
availability of disk drives, and after such an operation
I drive continues to work off of indication referred to it
(spinning motor) (this happens when you access a non-existent
floppy drive). A programm so even very pretty, but
is designed primarily for owners of ATM.
Another novelty, which appeared on
Rybinsk software market - a DMM. He
might like it, people involved in
digitization of music on SPECCY.
DIGITAL MUSIC MAKER (DMM)
(C) LAVE Software 1995
Tremble fans DIGITAL-music!
Your head is made of another editor.
What can be noted, since this is the best
the sound quality compared to the DIGITAL
STUDIO, expanded opportunities for Education
sound processing tools added
Many new teams: possible mixing
two instruments on one channel (sound simultaneously !!!). But
... like so I always have all, like, well, but there
"NO" and it is very bad
interface with the user. All done
on hot keys, a few unusual form of the field. According to our
musicians interface is not very good for music editing. Yes,
the interface guys have given fluff. The one that now is, can
greatly scare off novice musicians. To reimburse
example, DIGITAL STUDIO. Although there is no
such frills as a DMM, but work
edit music in it is much easier (I first played with all modes
DS, and only then, when I howled all
as clear as day, looked into the description). On
Example DMM you can see how not to
write interface. Well, they
(LAVE) was difficult to do normal menu? Even in such a few
primitive things like WHAM 48K, work, and then
pleasant, and you can even without documentation
(That many at one time and did).
Together with the DMM comes with several
file: documentation, unit converter tool with IBM (with MS-DOS
disks), editor tool, a compiler, a few tools, Mouzon and file
format player TASM'a (good trend in this direction, ie supply
together with any program text driver
or a player, or work procedures). There is one little trick: if
you already have or DIGITAL STUDIO SAMPLER and
tools for them, but do not have access to IBM,
and you want to use these tools
with DMM (not directly), then: take out
Package ZX-WORD 2.XX formatter, format the disk on the MS-DOS,
then copy utility to copy from the same package
Tools for MS-DOS disk and then transfer back to utility DMM,
but in format DMM. More about this system
have nothing to say except that the quality of
sound better than the DS, but still spoils
management.
Frankly, there are a few
relatively new programs, but to describe
them I will not (they are not worth that).
