undump tool (was: Re: Base85 for DOS

On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 05:36:52 +0700
JJ <jj4public@outlook.com> wrote:

On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:18:13 +0100, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:32:02 +0700
JJ <jj4public@outlook.com> wrote:
 

[snip]

 
BTW, was there a tool specifically for converting DEBUG's dump to binary? Or
converting it to a series of DEBUG's Edit command?

 
xxd-r from a while back; I've not checked it for improvements recently.
 
->          d 100 lEA
1638:0100 BA 93 01 81-3E 82 00 2D-68 74 65 31-DB BE EA 41  ....>..-hte1...A
1638:0110 56 BA 00 02-53 31 DB 89-D7 B9 00 40-B4 3F CD 21  V...S1.....@.?.!
1638:0120 5B 91 E3 55-81 FE EA 41-75 0E B0 2D-AE 74 04 B0  [..U...Au..-.t..
1638:0130 3E F2 AE 80-3D 64 75 35-B0 3A F2 AE-75 D6 B0 20  >...=du5.:..u..
1638:0140 F2 AE 75 D0-87 F7 B3 32-AC 3C 30 72-0F 24 4F D4  ..u....2.<0r.$O.
1638:0150 37 80 F2 01-75 05 4F 8A-25 D5 10 AA-4B 74 04 E2  7...u.O.%...Kt..
1638:0160 E7 EB B1 87-F7 B0 0A F2-AE 75 A9 EB-CB BA 85 01  .........u......
1638:0170 B4 09 CD 21-B8 01 4C CD-21 B3 01 5A-89 F1 29 D1  ...!..L.!..Z..).
1638:0180 B4 40 CD 21-C3 4E 6F 74-20 64 62 67-20 64 75 6D  .@.!.Not dbg dum
1638:0190 70 0D 0A 55-73 61 67 65-20 69 73 3A-20 78 78 64  p..Usage is: xxd
1638:01A0 2D 72 3C 64-62 67 66 69-6C 65 3E 63-6F 6D 66 69  -r<dbgfile>comfi
1638:01B0 6C 65 0D 0A-64 62 67 66-69 6C 65 3A-20 67 72 64  le..dbgfile: grd
1638:01C0 62 2F 4D 53-20 64 65 62-75 67 20 22-64 22 75 6D  b/MS debug "d"um
1638:01D0 70 63 2E 4D-4A 20 32 30-31 38 20 4C-47 50 4C 20  pc.MJ 2018 LGPL
1638:01E0 6C 69-63 65 6E 73-65 0D 0A 24                    license..$
->          q

 
That's just a plain hex to binary converter. There are plenty of them
already.

It is? I disagree.

 
What I meant by DEBUG dump is the literal output of the (MS) DEBUG's [D]ump
command which include the memory address and the ASCII representation of the
data.

That's the intention of xxd-r. Do let me know how it didn't work for you.

 
So that, I could just copy and paste your DEBUG dump output without having
to edit and filter it to include only the data part. i.e. the tool should be
capable of ignoring the memory address and the ASCII parts.

Indeed. That's why I wrote it.

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