[Simh] macro11

[Kevin Handy]

Ok, brief lookover of the code...

It looks like the output file is in some sort of loader format. All of the
program text/code segments are written out using a specific format.

I don't know which one it is designed for. This is probably used to bypass
'link' and convert an object file into a loadable file.  .

It might even be in rsx executable format, or in some bootloader format.
Not sure.



On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:58 PM Kevin Handy <khandy21yo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really have no idea what the output file from dumpobj is for. I haven't
> dug into the code enough to figure that out. I originally thought it was
> for the dumped text, but it does appear to be an object file.
> I assume that it must have some purpose, because if it is just a copy of
> the original file, you can just use the 'copy' command from a shell much
> easier.
> I have no idea what purpose it serves, at the moment.
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 11:45 AM Rhialto <rhialto at falu.nl> wrote:
>
>> On Tue 03 Mar 2020 at 17:50:40 -0700, Kevin Handy wrote:
>> > Ok, here is a version with somewhat better handling of the filenames.
>>
>> Thanks! I added it.
>>
>> I hadn't really looked before at this output file that dumpobj can
>> create, but it looks like another object file, from a cursory look.
>> Does it seem useful to you? Is it more or less a copy of the input or is
>> something interesting happening to it?
>>
>> The object file format here should maybe also be changed by the rt11/rsx
>> option. Do you think it makes sense to use the same value as for the
>> input, the opposite (so it can be used as a converter or something), or
>> have a separate option? Since I haven't looked at it carefully yet, I
>> have not yet formed an opinion really.
>>
>> -Olaf.
>> --
>> Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- rhialto at falu dot nl
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>>
>
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