; This patch turns the MAC assembler into a partial ZCPR3 utility. When it ; runs, it automatically sets the program error flag in the message buffer ; to show whether or not MAC encountered any errors in assembly. The flow ; control command IF ERROR can then be used to control command flow. ; ; (NOTE: int the original distribution of SYSFCP.ASM there is an error that ; reverses the sensing of the program error flag. You must either correct ; that error or use the reverse test IF ~ERROR. The com file IF12.COM has ; the correct sensing.) ; ; Jay Sage, sysop, Newton Centre (Massachusetts) Z-Node ; July 8, 1985 patch equ 2b70h ;place to intercept MAC conout equ 2ac9h ;address called at patch originally newcode equ 2e70h ;place to put new flag setting code macstart equ 0128h ;where MAC code really begins signon equ 2cd3h ;loacation of signon message cr equ 0dh lf equ 0ah ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; First we patch the beginning of the program to make it look like a ZCPR3 ; utility program. It can then be installed using Z3INS to know the address ; of the environment descriptor. From that it can find the program error ; flag in the message buffer and patch it into the flag-setting code at ; at newcode. The code patched in at 100h overwrites the copyright message. org 100h jmp start db 'Z3ENV' db 1 ;external environment z3env: dw 0de00h ;this address set by Z3INS start: lhld z3env ;get env address into hl lxi d,22h ;offset to message buffer address dad d ;hl points to address of message buf mov a,m ;read address out inx h mov h,m mov l,a ;hl now points to start of message buf lxi d,6 ;offset to program error flag dad d ;now hl points to program error flag mvi m,0 ;set it to no error status shld store+1 ;patch flag-setting code below jmp macstart ;continue with original code ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; We intercept MAC execution at address PATCH. The original instruction here ; was CALL CONOUT. We replace it with a call to our new code, which in turn ; will jump to conout. org patch call newcode ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; At NEWCODE, which appears to be some extra space at the end of MAC, we ; place the code to set the error flag. org newcode push psw ;make sure we don't mess anything up mvi a,0ffh ;value to set the flag store: sta 0 ;address will be filled in by code pop psw ;restore registers jmp conout ;go to where MAC went originally ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Just for the hell of it, patch the signon message to show it is a ZCPR3 ; version. Twenty characters max, not including final mandatory carriage ; return. org signon db lf db 'Z3 MACRO ASSEMBLER',cr end