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184 lines
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YABB - Yet Another Blue Box Version 0.93 Jan, 08 1992
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All code and ideas by: fst, gofty, panda, friedo, nevs and to-pse
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Sine-Code written by fst, gofty & to-pse
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Macro-Parser written by fst and additions by to-pse
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Sound-blaster & Ad-Lib support by friedo & to-pse
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Testing & suggestions by panda & nevs
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YABB is a blue-box program for the PC-compatibles. It was written to support
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the circuitry of the Chaos Computer Club Hamburg, FRG. In addition there will
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be support for Adlib-compatible Sound-Cards and the Soundblaster and an much
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improved version of the original d/a-circuitry. Currently the program has been
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tested on the following systems:
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AT486 33Mhz
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AT386 33Mhz
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AT386 ~8Mhz (slow mode)
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AT286 12Mhz
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The program requires at least a 286 processor. As the calculations involved
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require some performance, there is the slight (?) possibility that the program
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won't run correctly on slower systems. Especially the Sound-blaster support
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needs a certain amount of speed for timing reasons.
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YABB is supposed to be a replacement for the pcm.c program supplied for the
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d/a-converter-card by the CCC. The handling of pcm was pretty crude. Com-
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pared to this, YABB is a v e r y big improvement.
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YABB is fully macro-oriented. First of all there are no definitions for things
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like 'Clear Forward', 'Start', 'Seize' etc. Almost everything is defineable.
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This makes YABB v e r y flexible.
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If you find YABB to be a useful piece of software, please be so kind to send us
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the amount of $20, DM40,- or equivalent. If you have any suggestions, questions
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or other things concerning YABB, please contact us via email:
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uucp: yabb@xfswob.han.de
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yabb@xfswob.wob.sub.org
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fido: yabb@(2:240/13)
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DOCUMENTATION
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-------------
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After starting YABB, it tries to locate a precalculated sinus-table on your
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disk, pointed to by the environment-variable YABB. You can set this variable
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like this (for example):
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set yabb=c:\yabb
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If the variable is not set, YABB tries to load the table from the directory it
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has been loaded from. If neither of those files can be found, a new sinetable
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is being computed. This will take a while (depending on the speed of your sys-
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tem). Afterwards the file will be written either to the path pointed to by the
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environment-variable or into the directory from which YABB was loaded as a file
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named sinus.dat.
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Next YABB looks for a default-symbol-tabel called symbols.sym in the directory
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pointed to by the environment-varible or in the directory YABB was loaded from.
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If found it is loaded into YABB.
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Afterwards YABB enters the command-mode. Here you have the possibilty to enter
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new macros (here called symbols), execute macros, change the current mode of
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operation or execute built-in procedures.
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BUILT-IN COMMANDS
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.Info information about the authors and program
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.List [symbol] list [symbol] or if missing all symbols
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.Mode list the current state of the mode-stack
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.Read [filename] reads [filename] and interprets it as commands
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.Write [filename] stores current symbol-definitions as [filename]
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.Hotkey enters hotkey-mode for instantaneaous access to macros
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.Clear clears all symbol-definitions and the mode-stack
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.Device [device] selects appropriate output-device (LPTx,AL,SB,DA)
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.Quit quits YABB
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.HElp displays all currently supported builtin command
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.Fullscreen enters full-screen command mode with mouse-support
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(currently not supported - wait for Release 1.00)
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All commands can be abbreviated by the first or first two letters.
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MODE-CHANGING
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/xxx pushes xxx on the mode-stack, making it the current
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Mode
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\ pops the last element off the mode-stack
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SYMBOL-DEFINITION
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<symbol>=<Commands> Defines <symbol> as being a sequenz of <Commands>,
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where Commands can be symbols itself, Mode-Changes,
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OutPut of Sound etc.
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<symbol>= Deletes <symbol>
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SYMBOL-EXECUTION
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<symbol> Expands and executes <symbol>
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HOTKEY-DEFINITIONS
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Key Normal Val Shifted Val Alted Val Ctrl-Val
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F1 315 340 360 350
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F2 316 341 361 351
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F3 317 342 362 352
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F4 318 343 363 353
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F5 319 344 364 354
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F6 320 345 365 355
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F7 321 346 366 356
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F8 322 347 367 357
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F9 323 348 368 358
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F10 324 349 369 359
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F11 -- -- -- --
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F12 -- -- -- --
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PRT -- -- -- --
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ROLL -- -- -- --
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PAUSE -- -- -- --
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L_ARR 331 331 -- 371
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R_ARR 333 333 -- 372
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U_ARR 328 328 -- --
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D_ARR 336 336 -- --
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INS 338 338 -- --
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DEL 339 339 -- --
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POS1 327 327 -- 375
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END 335 327 -- 373
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PGUP 329 329 -- 388
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PGDN 337 337 -- 374
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TAB 9 271 -- --
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BS 8 8 -- 127
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CR 13 13 -- 10
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ESC ************* should not be used **************
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The other keys, like 0..9, A..Z, a..z and the special symbols (!,",$..)
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are mapped to their ascii-values...
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STILL MISSING
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whitespaces should be handled much smoother
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clear should clear mode-stack
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program should run on any 286 fast than 12 Mhz (in SB-Mode, too)
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read should not try to interpret .commands as filename
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readkey should be able to get ALL extended keys (F11, F12 for example)
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ad-lib support is still missing
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keys should first not be mapped to upcase for definitions of hotkeys...
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pulse-dialing
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support for (auto-recognition of) D/A-card!
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fullscreen-mode with mouse-support
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syntax-check when defining macros
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