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TE K MICROCOMPUTER
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS
USER NEWSLETTER
VOLUME II , ISSUE NO . 3, DECEMBER , 1983




USER
GROUP ' ffo, 1 1994
NEWS




Tektronoo
COMMITTED ro EXCELLENCE
CONTENTS

PRODUCT INFORMATION SECTION ................................................ 1
TEK INTRODUCES THE 6140 DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM ......................................................... 1
HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE FOR 6140 ................................................................................................ 3
RATIONAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ..................................................................................... 3
P A'S CAL LANDS NOW SUPPORTS 68010 ........................................................................................ 10
68000/68010 C-LANDS'PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR THE VAX ......................................... 10
NEW M.-\NUALS ORDERABLE ........................................................................................................... 11
KITS FOR VAX MANUALS ................................................................................................................... 12
Z8000 ASSEMBLER VERSION 2.0 ....................................................................................................... 13
8086 P ASCAL/PDB MOD ....................................................................................................................... 13
MUGL - VOLUME II DISK RELEASED! ............................................................................................. 13

APPLICATIONS SECTION .................................................................................
15
4105 TER~fINAL RS-232 PINOUTS .................................................................................................... 15
8086 PASCAL LIf\fITATIONS ............................................................................................................... 16
8087 MACRO CORRECTION ............................................................................................................... 16
INCLUDING MATH LIBRARIES IN NATIVE C PROGRAMS ..................................................... 17
TN IX COf\1MENT LINES ARE NOT IGNORED ............................................................................. 17
ED AND ACE AND CHARACTERS> 177 OCTAL ........................................................................ 18
ICOf\.140 SHELL SCRIPTS FOR VAX .................................................................................................. 18
8560 INITIALIZATION PROCESS EXPLAINED ............................................................................. 19
DELAYED EXECUTION OF COMMANDS ....................................................................................... 20
LDE HELP SCREEN FIX ........................................................................................................................ 21
NULL TERf\.UNAL FOR REMOTE 8540/PDB USE ........................................................................ 22
8086 PASCAL NEW/DISPOSE P ATCH ............................................................................................. 22
USING TEK PLOTTERS WITH 8560 ................................................................................................. 22
SET USER ID ON EXEClJTION ........................................................................................................... 24
CREATING A BLACK 4105 SCREEN BACKGROUND ................................................................. 25
UUCP PATCH FOR SYSTEM NAME ................................................................................................. 25
CU - VMS FILE TRANSFERS ............................................................................................................... 26
ACE AND LDE SUPPORT FOR VT100 TERMINALS ................................................................... 27
MDP USER GROUP SOFTWARE LIBRARY/ARTICLE SUBMITTAL FORM ....................... 30

THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE ............................................................................. 33
INTEL COMPATIBLE PL/M 8085 DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM .................................................. 33
REFERRAL SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS ................................................................................................. 34
PRODUCT UPDATE ............................................................................................................................... 35
VENDOR UPDATE .................................................................................................................................. 38
NEW PRODUCTS .................................................................................................................................... 38
NE\V VENDORS ....................................................................................................................................... 39
VENDOR CONTACTS: NEW AND CHANGES ............................................................................... 40
NEW INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS ....................................................................................... 42
COMPATIBILITY HINTS ....................................................................................................................... 44
EVALUATING 3RD PARTY SW .......................................................................................................... 46

PRODUCT PERFORMANCE SECTION ............................................
49
SOFTW ARE ERRATA SIIEET ............................................................................................................. 49
TAR COMMAND WITH GPIB REQUIRES BLOCK SIZE ............................................................. 50
ACE AND LDE PROBLEMS WHEN USED IN TERM MODE (8540) ......................................... 50
4105 VERSION 3 FIRMWARE AND KEYSHELL ............................................................................ 50
MDP BUG BASE ....................................................................................................................................... 51
8540 ROMP A TCH FAILURE ................................................................................................................. 51
NATIVE PROGRAMMIMG TOOLS INSTALLATION ................................................................... 51
DIRECTORY PERMISSIONS OF /USR/INCLUDE/SYS .............................................................. 51
68000 MOVEM INST ERROR IN ASSEMBLER ............................................................................... 52
NON-CODE GENERATING SECTIONS ........................................................................................... 52
FIND EXAMPLE DANGEROUS ........................................................................................................... 52


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6801 STATUS LINE PULSES IN MODE 1 ......................................................................................... 53
8085 PASCAL AND LPT ....................................................................................................................... 53
6801 MODE STATUS IN EMULATION .............................................................................................. 54
MAKE DEPENDENCY LIST LIMITATIONS .................................................................................... 54
8085 PASCAL FILE WRITE .................................................................................................................. 54
Z80 LONG DISPLAY TRACE OF REGISTERS ............................................................................... 54
Z80 E~1ULATION BREAKS AT NON-SELECTED ADDRESSES ............................................... 55
AT CO~{~{AND USAGE ......................................................................................................................... 55
MISSING FUNCTION IN LDE BACKPLANE ................................................................................... 55
SEARCH PARAMETER -A ERROR ......... ~.......................................................................................... 56
LAS LINKER AND RELINK OPTION ................................................................................................ 56
680 1 ASM BANNER ................................................................................................................................. 56
68000 PASCAL PUBLIC PROCEDURES ............................................................................................ 57
6800 ASSE~,fBLER & BLOCK STATEMENTS ................................................................................. 57
MISSING ~fAN INFORMATION .......................................................................................................... 57
8086/88 PASCAL POINTERS ............................................................................................................... 58
68000 ASSE~fBLER SIIORT BRANCH ............................................................................................... 58
68000 and Z8000 PASCAL TYPE EXPRESSION ............................................................................. 58
PASCAL LDE AND PASTE AND CUT FUNCTION ....................................................................... 59
PASCAL LDE AND LINEFEEDS .......................................................................................................... 59
8086 PASCAL & PORT ASSIGN~fENTS ........................................................................................... 60
8086 PASCAL & GLOBAL NAMES ..................................................................................................... 59
DISP COMMAND AND THE 8540 ....................................................................................................... 80
LAS ASSEMBLER LO DIRECTIVE ..................................................................................................... 60
EXAM REPEAT OF THE CURRENT LQCATION ......................................................................... 80
PDB ERROR #22 ...................................................................................................................................... 61
DISP OUTPUT DURING 68000 PDB ................................................................................................... 61
CRASH ,\\-'IIEN IU = NONEXISTENT PORT .................................................................................. 62
LIBRARY CALLS WITHIN LIBRARY CALLS .................................................................................. 82
STRING I/O LI~f1TATION IN 68000 PASCAL ................................................................................ 62
NATI\rE PROG. TOOLS AND TRAP-l .............................................................................................. 63
68000 ~fOVEC INSTRUCTION ERROR ............................................................................................ 63
ACE EDIT OF READ ONLY FaES ..................................................................................................... 63

USER GROUP LIBRARY ABSTRACTS ............................................... 65
3D &, 3Dl - 4105 GRAPlDCS DEMO DISPLAY ........................................................................................... 65
4105DEFINES.l1 - C DEFINE LmRAAY ...................................................................................................... 65
BOX - DISPLAYS GRAPlDCS CHECKERBOARD ON 4105 ....................................................................... 65
COMI - NEC TO TEK ASSE~mLER CONVERSION SCRIPT .................................................................. 66
DEBUG.HELP - DISPLAY DEBUG HELP SCREEN .................................................................................... 66
DNLD - TEKHEX DOWNLOADER PROGRAM ......................................................................................... 66
ENCODE - 4105 PROGRAMJ\flNG UTII.ITY .............................................................................................. 66
FRACTION - CONVERT FLOATING POINT TO FRACTION ................................................................. 67
GCAT - CAT TO 4105 GRAPHICS SCREEN .............................................................................................. 67
HILBERT - 4105 COLOR TER~nNAL GRAPmCS ..................................................................................... 67
HP - HE\VLETT PACKARD CALCULATOR SIMULATOR ....................................................................... 67
IDM - FOR~fAT DISK READER .................................................................................................................. 68
IGE - INTERACTIVE GRAPlDCS EDITOR ................................................................................................ 68
INTEL~f - CON\'ERT INTEL.OBJ TO TEKIIEX .................................................................................. 68
LINES - 4105 GRAPIIICS DEMO ................................................................................................................. 69
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