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GenPatch file convertor rev0.1
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This program is hereby placed in the public domain. Copy it all you
like. Just don't dare to try to make money from it (I doubt that you could).
This program takes a GenPatch file for a D50 bulk dump and converts it
into a raw binary image of the D50 RAM. This image is suitable for loading
into the D50 Bulk Dump/Load program I've posted recently.
To run the program, type:
C:genpatch genpatch_filespec image_filespec
The program will then load the genpatch_filespec, convert it, and
write it out to image_filespec. WARNING: there is no file error checking in
this program. It will happily write over any output filename you give it. If
it can't open the input file, or can't open the output file, it just returns
with no messages.
As you may have guessed, I've not put a lot of effort into this
program. This is because I don't think it will work on all GenPatch files.
I wrote it so that I can use the D50SND.ARC file posted on CompuServe. It
correctly converted all five patch banks in that archive. It "sort of"
converted the Synthony patch bank that has been posted to GEnie (enough to
make the patches usable anyway). I was just going to re-post the converted
D50SND files, but decided that if it helped someone convert just one more file
from GenPatch to D50DUMP, then it was worth posting. But just note, I've not
tested it on any other GenPatch D50 dumps, so there's no gaurantee it will
work on any other files.
Any problems, or if it converted any other files, I'd be glad to hear
from you. My addresses are:
Internet: yon@apollo.com or yon@apollo.uucp
PAN: ARCTICDAVE
GEnie: D.YON1
CompuServe: 73017,1375
David Yon
Arlington, MA
March 4, 1989