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NAME

       srec_wilson - wilson file format

DESCRIPTION

       This  is  a mystery format, added to support a mysery EPROM loader used
       by Alan Wilson <dvdsales@dvdlibrary.co.uk>

       If you know the true name of this format, please let me know!  It bears
       a  remarkable similarity to the Motorola S‐Record format, however I can
       find no reference to a "compressed" Motorola format.

   The Lines
       Each line contains  normal  ASCII  characters,  and  “high  bit  on[rq]
       characters,   but   the  ASCII  control  characters  are  avoided  (the
       high‐bit‐on con characters are not avoided).  Normal  line  termination
       characters (CRLF or LF, depending on your system) are used.

       The  presence  of high‐bit‐on characters makes this format unattractive
       to send via email, as it  must  be  wrapped  as  a  binary  attachment,
       increasing its size.

       In  general,  a  single byte per byte is used to encode values, however
       some values use two bytes, according to the following table:

                        Byte Value    Encoding (1 or 2 chars)
                       0x00 .. 0x9F        0x40 .. 0xDF
                       0xA0 .. 0xAF   0x3A 0x30 .. 0x3A 0x3F
                       0xB0 .. 0xBF   0x3B 0x30 .. 0x3B 0x3F
                       0xC0 .. 0xCF   0x3C 0x30 .. 0x3C 0x3F
                       0xD0 .. 0xDF   0x3D 0x30 .. 0x3D 0x3F
                       oxE0 .. 0xFF        0xE0 .. 0xFF
       The rest of this description, when refering to  “bytes[rq]  means  byte
       values encoded using the above table.

   The Fields
       Each line consists of 5 fields. These are the type field, length field,
       address field, data field, and the checksum.

                 +-----+---------------+---------+------+----------+
                 |Type | Record Length | Address | Data | Checksum |
                 +-----+---------------+---------+------+----------+
       Type    The type field is a 1 character field  that  specifies  whether
               the record is data (0x43), or termination (0x47).

       Record Length
               The  record  length  field is a 1 byte field that specifies the
               number of bytes in the record, excluding the  type  and  record
               length fields.

       Address This is a 4‐byte address that specifies where the data is to be
               loaded into memory.

       Data    The data field contains the  executable  code,  memory‐loadable
               data or descriptive information to be transferred.

       Checksum
               The  checksum  is  an  1‐byte  field  that represents the least
               significant byte of the one’s complement  of  the  sum  of  the
               values  represented by the bytes making up the length, address,
               and data fields.

   Record Types
       0x43 (#)
               A record containing data and the 4‐byte address  at  which  the
               data is to reside.

       0x47 (’)
               A termination record.  The address field may contain the 4‐byte
               address of the instruction to which control is  passed.   There
               is no data field.

   Size Multiplier
       In general, binary data will expand in sized by approximately 1.5 times
       when represented with this format.

COPYRIGHT

       srec_cat version 1.55
       Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,  2003,  2004,  2005,  2006,
       2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter Miller

       The srec_cat program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use
       the ’srec_cat -VERSion License’ command.  This is free software and you
       are  welcome  to  redistribute it under certain conditions; for details
       use the ’srec_cat -VERSion License’ command.

AUTHOR

       Peter Miller   E‐Mail:   pmiller@opensource.org.au
       /\/\*             WWW:   http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/