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- C O M M H E X
- Version 3.1
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1987 by Michael Burton Software
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- COMMHEX is a diagnostic program that displays information received by
- a serial port in two windows. The one window shows data received by
- the serial port in ASCII, and the other window shows the same data in
- hexadecimal. Characters that are entered via the keyboard (except
- F1, CTL-C and CTL-K) are sent to the serial port and are optionally
- displayed.
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- The only keys that have special functions within COMMHEX are the
- function keys F1 through F10, and CTL-C and CTL-K.
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- Function key F1 is used to create, store or load macro character
- strings. Up to nine macros may be created, stored or loaded. When
- created or loaded, the macros are activated by pressing F2 through
- F10. A delay between transmission of each character of a macro may
- be set in the initialization window.
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- A macro consists of up to 80 characters. It is created one byte at a
- time by entering its decimal (0-255) or hexadecimal ($0-$FF)
- equivalent. When a macro definition is complete, an ENTER with
- nothing preceding it is entered to close the string. The macros may
- then be stored to a file for later loading, or they may be used
- immediately.
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- CTL-K is used to clear the ASCII and Hexadecimal windows, as well as
- the incoming and outgoing byte counters. CTL-C is used to exit the
- program and return to DOS.
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- Each byte received on the serial port is filtered through three
- masks; an AND mask, an OR mask and an exclusive OR mask, in that
- order. If the default masks in the initialization window are used,
- the incoming byte will remain unchanged.
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- COMMHEX is a Shareware program, which is an attempt to provide good
- software at a low cost. You are free to copy the program for all
- your friends, but if you find yourself using it on a regular basis,
- we ask that you make an $8 contribution to:
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- Michael Burton Software
- 15540 Boot Hill Rd.
- Hayden Lake, ID 83835
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- You will receive the latest update of COMMHEX and will be placed on
- our mailing list. If you have any questions about COMMHEX, call
- (208)772-9347 after 6 p.m. Pacific time.
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