LZ: String Header

Subject: LZ: String Header
From: by way of finkel@mysurf.com <finkel@mysurf.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 18:10:42 -0500
In-Reply-To: <>
Umm...I asked this earlier but got no reply so Id appreciate it if somebody
could help me out here




Ok, I looked at formats.zip on the ticalc hoe page and understand 99% of the
format in an .85s file....99% but not 100%.  What I did was make a string
var on the TI called A and transferred it to the PC.  Then I took a Hex
Editor and tried to dissect it byte by byte...Here is what my HEX editor
gave me, and what I currently understand.  Id really appreciate it if
someone could explain the rest...


Oh yea the string had a name of A and held the contents (String)


[2A2A544938352A2A]-code for **TI85** no prob


[1A0C00]-just has to be there, never changing signature


[436F6D6D656E742034322063686172732020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
02020202E]-42 byte comment padded with spaces


[1300]-translates to 19d or # of bytes from next byte to EOF-2
[0500]-# of bytes from next one to string name
[0A00]-data length this is 10d but i had a string of 8d....dos this mean
that data length includes the "...."?
[0C]-string type code
[01]-name of string length
[41]-name 65d, which is ascii for A
[0A00]-data length AGAIN???
[0800]-NO CLUE ??? what is this value????
[28537472696E6729]-String Data No prob here
[3703] ???? a checksum or something? How would that be calculated? And
please dont refer me to the txt file...i read it and did not
understand...Also, i know Zshell puts in several bytes of its own, so I'd
appreciate it if somebody could tell me what I need to add so that Zshell
recognizaes it


Thanx
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