Using The Format Converter; How To Use The Converter - HP 7750 Series User Manual

Using the Format Converter

How to Use the
Converter
Note
The format converter is a program that generates HP format files from
MELPS 7700 Hex format file and its symbol file. This means you can
use available language tools to create MELPS 7700 Hex format file,
then load the file into the emulator using the format converter.
If you make your program as IEEE-695 format, you don't need to
convert the program to HP Absolute file. The HP 64147A Softkey
Interface can load IEEE-695 format without any conversion.
To execute the converter program, use the following command:
$ m77cnvhp [-q] <file_name> <RETURN>
<file_name> is the name of MELPS 7700 Hex format file without
suffix. The converter program will read the MELPS 7700 Hex format
file (with .hex suffix) and the symbol file (with .sym suffix). It will
generate the following HP format files:
HP Absolute file (with .X suffix)
HP Linker symbol file (with .L suffix)
HP Assembler symbol files (with .A suffix)
When the -q option is specified, warning messages are suppressed.
Suppose that you have the following two files:
sample.hex (MELPS 7700 Hex format file)
sample.sym (Symbol file)
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