IBM MaxLoader manual ƒ Tektronix Hex Format, ƒ ASCII HEX format

MaxLoader User’s Guide

		10: 24-bit addressing for files greater than 64K.
		12: 32-bit addressing for files greater than 64K in
			length.
X+1	- N	Bytes	HEX Data (two per byte)
N+1	– N+2	Check-Sum	Two digit HEX Check-Sum character
			calculated by one’s complement
			of DATA, ADDRESS and COUNT.

Motorola File Example

S325200000002F0000EA060000EA0B0000EA100000EA160000EA0000A0E11B0000EA210000

EA31

The file offset address is “20000000,” so you should put this value in the “file offset” of “File Load” config option / address menu.

ƒTEKTRONIX HEX FORMAT

The Tektronix HEX format contains ASCII records, expressing bytes

ASCII pairs.
Position	Character	Remarks
1	/	Slash character for start of line
2 - 5	2Bytes	Address. MSB first load
6 - 7	Byte	Number of data bytes (not checksums)
8 - 9	Byte	Check-Sum of ADDRESS and COUNT
		by character in HEX (not by byte)
10 - N	Data	Data bytes as ASCII pairs
N+1 - N+2	Byte	Check-Sum of Data by character (not as
		bytes)

Tek Hex Example

/00001102444154414D414E2053332053455249414C8F

/01000001

ƒASCII HEX format

This selection generates an ASCII coded HEX format for either 4-bit or 8-bit PROMs. Each record contains a four-digit HEX address (16-bit) followed by 16 data elements. A 16-bit checksum is at the end of the file.

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