I've got a PIC which downloads 512kB from SRAM into the
PC. At
present it's being written as an ASCII file, around 3MB, which
is OK
for the time being but it has to be
reduced to fit onto a floppy or as a
"reasonably" sized e-mail. Now, I've got
very good ears, and I'll hear
you LOL, but the only HLL I know is
GWBASIC {oh yes, I use Windoze
too :-(( }. Is it possible to write a
routine in GWBASIC that will perform
an ASCII to hex conversion for disk files
? The only way I could think to
do it would be as a BSAVE but I think I'll
have problems with memory
chunk limits. Have to admit I've lost touch with what goes on
in the
PC, memory map-wise, but I believe the basic arrangement is
still
the same. I've had a look for OPEN options that may do
it but no
luck.
Any { sensible ;-) } suggestions, either in BASIC coding or
perhaps
getting around any problems due to memory banks ? The data
goes
in through LPT now, but would there be a way to save this as
hex
by going serial, perhaps some small utility program
?
Jinx