Dilwyn Jones writes:
Does anyone have information on the format of _sav basic files (as used
by Liberation Software's QSAVE utility and the equivalent command in
SBASIC)?
Heres (an incomplete) decode of the file structure. Below that an
example file. HTH
Per
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QSAVE file structure
March 22nd 2001
*
Head
dc.w 'Q1' 00 flag
dc.w $0380 02 ? version ? This with SMSQ/E2.xx
$0380 => Hex & bin & ?
$02C0, $0000 from Norman - dont know
what it implies, perhaps vanilla?
dc.w count 04 number of names
dc.w source-names 06 size of name list
dc.w lines 08 number of lines in program
*
names 0A start names list
For each name:
dc.w type 00 bits 0..11 as for name-table entry
bits 12..15 ?
bit #12: var is paramter
bit #13: var is ?
dc.w valp 02 value pointer? Always 0?
dc.w nlen 04 name length
dc.b namechars 06.. name bytes, padded to even number
*
source
actual tokenised SB program file
-------------------
Example code of test program (SMSQ/E):
10 REMark Test
20 number=1
30 PRINT number
40 number = two
----
0000 dc.w 'Q1' flag
dc.w $0380 ? vers? Ive seen 0B40, 0100, 120,.
dc.w 3 count names
dc.w source-names size of name list
dc.w 4 line count
names
dc.w $0800
dc.w $0000
dc.w 5,'PRINT '
dc.w $0202 type Top bit or two set on some, for some reason
dc.w $0000
dc.w 6,'number'
dc.w $0202 type
dc.w $0000
dc.w 3,'two '
source
dc.w $0010
dc.w $8D00 line number
dc.w 10 10
dc.w $811E REMark REMark
dc.w $8C00 rem text
dc.w 4,'Test' Test
dc.w $840A eol
dc.w $0002 ?
dc.w $8D00
dc.w 20 20
dc.w $8800 name number
dc.w $0001 name index
dc.w $8401 = =
dc.w $F801
dc.l $40000000 float 1
dc.w $840A eol
dc.w $FFFE ?
dc.w $8D00 line number
dc.w 30 30
dc.w $8800 name PRINT
dc.w $0000 name index
dc.w $8001 one space
dc.w $8800 name number
dc.w $0001 name index
dc.w $840A eol
dc.w $0004 ?
dc.w $8D00 line num
dc.w 40
dc.w $8800 name number
dc.w $0001 index
dc.w $8001 space
dc.w $8401 = =
dc.w $8001 space
dc.w $8800 name two
dc.w $0002 index
dc.w $840A eol
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