by tommyvolts » May 2nd, 2017, 10:59 am
Below is an example of an Intel Hex format (.HEX file) text that I wrote and loaded into the Altair clone using Teraterm and the Altair Clone Configuration Monitor load hex function. I use Notepad++ to save the text file as a .HEX file.
It is the two op-code jump program from one of Mike's videos and is possibly the smallest actual .HEX file program that can be written and run. It was still fairly laborious to hand assemble. I had to calculate the check sum with a calculator, carefully type in each op code etc. I can't imagine doing that for large .HEX files. Or maybe that is just the way it is done???
:03000000C300003A
:0000000000
It would be nice if there was some kind of an assembler that could create the text file. I've google searched with no success. I'd appreciate any direction. Thank you.