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ProMaster 2500 User Manual D-31
Hewlett-Packard 64000 Absolute Format, Code 89
Hewlett-Packard Absolute is a binary format with control and
data-checking characters. See Figure D-16.
Data files begin with a Start-of-file record, which includes the Data Bus
Width, Data Width Base, Transfer Address, and a checksum of the bytes
in the record.
Figure D-16
An Example of HP 64000 Absolute Format
End-of-File record consists only of a word count of 0.
Checksum
Data bytes
Address where following data byte is to be stored.
BYTE COUNT — number of 8-bit data bytes.
WORD COUNT — number of 16-bit words in record except checksum and itself.
CHECKSUM — modulo 256 sum of all bytes in the record except the first byte.
TRANSFER ADDRESS — for microprocessor program counter.
DATA WIDTH BASE — see text.
DATA BUS WIDTH — see text.
WORD COUNT — number of 16-bit words in the record; always 04 in
Start-of-File record.
Note:
START-OF-FILE
RECORD
ONE DATA
RECORD
END-OF-FILE
RECORD
0088-2
HIGH
ORDER
LOW
ORDER
Third Byte
MSB
LSB
Second Byte
32-bit address
is sent in this
manner, in 4
groups of 8-bit
bytes.
This format is binary. Therefore, no ASCII control characters
or carriage returns and line feeds are allowed.