ASTERIX2
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FILENAME(S): ASTERIX2
FILE TYPE(S): PRG
FILE SIZE: 1.3K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 16:59:22
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTERIX | ASTERIX2 | PRG | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection | 15 | 5 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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00000000: 54 6F 3A 20 20 20 20 6D 66 6F 72 64 40 75 6D 61 |To: mford@uma| 00000010: 78 63 2E 77 65 65 67 2E 75 69 6F 77 61 2E 65 64 |xc.weeg.uiowa.ed| 00000020: 75 20 20 28 4D 61 72 6B 29 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 |u (Mark). | 00000030: 20 73 38 38 37 32 31 32 40 6D 69 6E 79 6F 73 2E | s887212@minyos.| 00000040: 78 78 2E 72 6D 69 74 2E 6F 7A 2E 61 75 20 28 52 |xx.rmit.oz.au (R| 00000050: 6F 6D 75 6C 69 73 29 0D 0D 54 69 74 6C 65 3A 20 |omulis)..Title: | 00000060: 41 53 54 45 52 49 58 20 69 73 20 6A 75 73 74 20 |ASTERIX is just | 00000070: 61 62 6F 75 74 20 61 6C 6D 6F 73 74 20 61 6E 79 |about almost any| 00000080: 20 64 61 79 20 72 65 61 6C 2D 73 6F 6F 6E 2D 6E | day real-soon-n| 00000090: 6F 77 20 66 69 6E 69 73 68 65 64 0D 0D 0D 48 69 |ow finished...Hi| 000000A0: 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2C 2C 2C 20 50 72 6F 67 72 65 | again,,, Progre| 000000B0: 73 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 6D 79 20 68 6F 6C 69 64 |ss with my holid| 000000C0: 61 79 20 70 72 6F 6A 65 63 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 |ay project has b| 000000D0: 65 65 6E 20 73 6C 6F 77 20 72 65 63 65 6E 74 6C |een slow recentl| 000000E0: 79 2C 20 62 75 74 20 6E 6F 77 0D 20 20 20 49 27 |y, but now. I'| 000000F0: 76 65 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 67 6F 74 20 74 6F 20 63 |ve only got to c| 00000100: 6F 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 27 75 6E 61 6C 69 61 73 |ode the 'unalias| 00000110: 27 20 72 6F 75 74 69 6E 65 20 61 6E 64 20 49 27 |' routine and I'| 00000120: 6C 6C 20 62 65 20 66 69 6E 69 73 68 65 64 0D 20 |ll be finished. | 00000130: 20 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 64 69 6E | with the codin| 00000140: 67 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 65 6C 6C 2E 20 |g of the shell. | 00000150: 54 68 65 6E 20 49 20 67 6F 20 6F 6E 74 6F 20 50 |Then I go onto P| 00000160: 61 72 74 34 20 2D 2D 20 57 72 69 74 69 6E 67 20 |art4 -- Writing | 00000170: 75 70 20 74 68 65 0D 20 20 20 64 6F 63 73 20 2D |up the. docs -| 00000180: 2D 20 4E 6F 74 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 69 6E 67 20 66 6F |- Not looking fo| 00000190: 72 77 61 72 64 20 74 6F 20 69 74 20 28 49 20 68 |rward to it (I h| 000001A0: 61 74 65 20 77 72 69 74 69 6E 67 2C 20 65 73 70 |ate writing, esp| 000001B0: 65 63 68 20 77 68 65 6E 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 0D |ech when I have.| 000001C0: 20 20 20 74 6F 20 65 78 70 6C 61 69 6E 20 65 76 | to explain ev| 000001D0: 65 72 79 74 68 69 6E 67 2C 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 69 |erything, like i| 000001E0: 6E 20 50 68 79 73 69 63 73 20 72 65 70 6F 72 74 |n Physics report| 000001F0: 73 29 2E 0D 0D 53 69 6E 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 6C |s)...Since the l| 00000200: 61 73 74 20 72 65 70 6F 72 74 20 49 27 76 65 20 |ast report I've | 00000210: 6A 75 73 74 20 64 65 76 65 6C 6F 70 65 64 20 74 |just developed t| 00000220: 68 65 20 73 68 65 6C 6C 20 28 4D 56 2C 20 41 4C |he shell (MV, AL| 00000230: 49 41 53 2C 20 46 6C 61 67 73 2C 20 69 6D 70 72 |IAS, Flags, impr| 00000240: 6F 76 65 64 0D 20 20 20 6C 69 6E 65 20 70 72 65 |oved. line pre| 00000250: 70 72 6F 63 65 73 73 6F 72 2C 20 66 69 78 65 64 |processor, fixed| 00000260: 20 75 70 20 66 69 6C 65 20 72 65 64 69 72 65 63 | up file redirec| 00000270: 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 62 6C 61 68 29 2C 20 77 72 6F |tion, blah), wro| 00000280: 74 65 20 61 20 27 67 61 6D 65 27 0D 20 20 20 28 |te a 'game'. (| 00000290: 57 69 72 65 77 6F 72 6C 64 29 2C 20 69 6E 63 6C |Wireworld), incl| 000002A0: 75 64 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6E 74 65 72 |uded the printer| 000002B0: 20 61 73 20 61 20 64 65 76 69 63 65 2C 20 70 6C | as a device, pl| 000002C0: 75 73 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 74 |us a few other t| 000002D0: 68 69 6E 67 73 2C 0D 20 20 20 62 69 74 20 49 27 |hings,. bit I'| 000002E0: 76 65 20 66 6F 72 67 6F 74 74 65 6E 20 77 68 61 |ve forgotten wha| 000002F0: 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 28 21 29 0D 0D |t they are (!)..| 00000300: 49 6E 20 72 65 70 6C 79 20 74 6F 20 6F 6E 65 20 |In reply to one | 00000310: 6F 66 20 4D 61 72 6B 27 73 20 69 64 65 61 73 2C |of Mark's ideas,| 00000320: 20 49 27 76 65 20 62 65 65 6E 20 74 68 69 6E 6B | I've been think| 00000330: 69 6E 67 20 6F 66 20 69 6E 63 6C 75 64 69 6E 67 |ing of including| 00000340: 20 61 20 73 69 6D 70 6C 65 20 74 65 78 74 0D 20 | a simple text. | 00000350: 20 20 70 72 6F 63 65 73 73 6F 72 20 27 4E 52 27 | processor 'NR'| 00000360: 20 28 73 6F 6D 65 74 68 69 6E 67 20 6C 69 6B 65 | (something like| 00000370: 20 4E 52 4F 46 46 29 20 74 6F 20 67 65 74 20 61 | NROFF) to get a| 00000380: 72 6F 75 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 34 30 2F 38 30 0D |round the 40/80.| 00000390: 20 20 20 63 6F 6C 75 6D 6E 73 20 64 69 73 70 75 | columns dispu| 000003A0: 74 65 2E 0D 0D 54 68 65 20 6D 65 6D 6F 72 79 20 |te...The memory | 000003B0: 66 72 6F 6D 20 24 45 30 30 30 2D 24 46 46 46 46 |from $E000-$FFFF| 000003C0: 20 69 73 20 61 6C 6C 6F 63 61 74 65 64 20 61 73 | is allocated as| 000003D0: 20 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 20 77 6F 72 6B 73 70 61 | program workspa| 000003E0: 63 65 2C 20 62 75 74 20 69 74 20 73 68 6F 75 6C |ce, but it shoul| 000003F0: 64 6E 27 74 0D 20 20 20 62 65 20 61 20 70 72 6F |dn't. be a pro| 00000400: 62 6C 65 6D 20 74 6F 20 66 69 74 20 61 20 66 65 |blem to fit a fe| 00000410: 77 20 27 6C 69 62 65 72 61 74 65 64 27 20 4D 75 |w 'liberated' Mu| 00000420: 73 69 63 20 72 6F 75 74 69 6E 65 73 20 69 6E 20 |sic routines in | 00000430: 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 6E 64 20 72 75 6E 0D 20 20 |there and run. | 00000440: 20 74 68 65 6D 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 49 | them with the I| 00000450: 52 51 2E 20 49 20 6D 69 67 68 74 20 74 72 79 20 |RQ. I might try | 00000460: 49 4B 2B 20 64 69 73 27 61 72 76 6F 2E 20 28 41 |IK+ dis'arvo. (A| 00000470: 53 54 45 52 49 58 20 2D 20 61 20 74 72 75 65 6C |STERIX - a truel| 00000480: 79 0D 20 20 20 70 6F 6C 79 70 68 6F 6E 69 63 20 |y. polyphonic | 00000490: 6F 70 65 72 61 74 69 6E 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D |operating system| 000004A0: 3F 29 0D 0D 44 65 63 69 64 65 64 20 6F 6E 20 74 |?)..Decided on t| 000004B0: 68 65 20 6E 61 6D 65 2E 20 41 53 54 45 52 49 58 |he name. ASTERIX| 000004C0: 20 6E 6F 77 20 73 74 61 6E 64 73 20 66 6F 72 3A | now stands for:| 000004D0: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 53 70 69 72 69 6E 67 |. ASpiring| 000004E0: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 6F 0D 20 20 20 20 20 |. To. | 000004F0: 20 20 62 45 20 61 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 61 | bE a. Ra| 00000500: 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 69 73 65 64 0D 20 20 20 20 20 |tionalised. | 00000510: 20 20 75 6E 49 58 0D 0D 43 69 61 6F 21 0D | unIX..Ciao!. |
TO: MFORD@UMAXC.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU (MARK ). S887212@MINYOS.XX.RMIT.OZ.AU (R OMULIS)..TITLE: ASTERIX IS JUST ABOUT AL MOST ANY DAY REAL-SOON-NOW FINISHED...HI AGAIN,,, PROGRESS WITH MY HOLIDAY PROJE CT HAS BEEN SLOW RECENTLY, BUT NOW. I' VE ONLY GOT TO CODE THE 'UNALIAS' ROUTIN E AND I'LL BE FINISHED. WITH THE CODIN G OF THE SHELL. THEN I GO ONTO PART4 -- WRITING UP THE. DOCS -- NOT LOOKING FO RWARD TO IT (I HATE WRITING, ESPECH WHEN I HAVE. TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING, LIKE I N PHYSICS REPORTS)...SINCE THE LAST REPO RT I'VE JUST DEVELOPED THE SHELL (MV, AL IAS, FLAGS, IMPROVED. LINE PREPROCESSO R, FIXED UP FILE REDIRECTION, BLAH), WRO TE A 'GAME'. (WIREWORLD), INCLUDED THE PRINTER AS A DEVICE, PLUS A FEW OTHER T HINGS,. BIT I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT THEY A RE (!)..IN REPLY TO ONE OF MARK'S IDEAS, I'VE BEEN THINKING OF INCLUDING A SIMPL E TEXT. PROCESSOR 'NR' (SOMETHING LIKE NROFF) TO GET AROUND THE 40/80. COLUM NS DISPUTE...THE MEMORY FROM $E000-$FFFF IS ALLOCATED AS PROGRAM WORKSPACE, BUT IT SHOULDN'T. BE A PROBLEM TO FIT A FE W 'LIBERATED' MUSIC ROUTINES IN THERE AN D RUN. THEM WITH THE IRQ. I MIGHT TRY IK+ DIS'ARVO. (ASTERIX - A TRUELY. POL YPHONIC OPERATING SYSTEM?)..DECIDED ON T HE NAME. ASTERIX NOW STANDS FOR:. ASPIRING. TO. BE A. RA TIONALISED. UNIX..CIAO!.
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