Re: SD: DHOS Numeric Authority

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Subject: Re: SD: DHOS Numeric Authority
From: BSharp81@aol.com
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 22:21:36 EDT
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My name is Greg, not Bill. Where'd you get Bill from?

Greg Sharp

> Matt--
>  
>  I'm sorry.  I don't understand your format.  The format that Bill Sharp 
>  and I are currently working on looks like this (comments after 
>  semicolons):
>  
>  .org 0
>  
>  .db $00fd
>  .db %11111111
>  .db %11111111
>  .db %00001110
>  .db %00011100
>  .db %00111000
>  .db %01110000
>  .db %11111111
>  .db %11111111
>  .db 8," ZShell "
>  
>  .db $00f8
>  .db %01100110
>  .db %11100111
>  .db %11000011
>  .db %11000011
>  .db %11000011
>  .db %11100111
>  .db %11111111
>  .db %01111110
>  .db 8," Usgard "
>  
>  .end
>  
>  The shell is cycling through the variables.  It comes upon a file with 
>  header $00f8.  So it looks up $00f8 in the icon library.  Ah, it seems 
>  that $00f8 has an entry.  So it reads those 8 bytes to draw the icon.  
>  Then suppose the user chooses to look at a file's properties (if that 
>  gets implemented).  The shell looks thru, finds $00f8, skips 8 bytes, 
>  and reads the 8byte file type.  =)
>  
>  Very easy =)
>  
>  --Matt