[Coco] disassembling

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 14 Jan 2004 at 19:28, Robert Gault wrote:

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> jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> 
> > Robert 
> > 
> > Where can one obtain that software?
> > 
> > james
> > 
> > 
> > On 14 Jan 2004 at 16:52, Robert Gault wrote:
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> >>Roger Taylor wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Is there much disassembling going on today?  I've had a request or
> >>>two for adding a disassembler mode to Portal-9.  It sounds
> >>>interesting enough that we could take one of the many CoCo .rom
> >>>files or .bin files and turn them back into source code that is
> >>>ready to be reassembled.
> >>>
> >>>If I add this mode, it would work by taking a preloaded binary file
> >>>and then converting it into another edit window as CCASM source
> >>>code.  I think a panel of switches should be available so the user
> >>>can quickly toggle some modes, change a few params, then do it
> >>>again until the source code is workable, cutting down on how much
> >>>manual editing will be required, if any.
> >>>
> >>>Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>>----------
> >>>Roger Taylor
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Use the CerComp Source III as a model. This disassembler has a fast
> >>mode which works like the EDTASM debug, but it also has a full mode
> >>which saves the created source to disk as an .asm file.
> >>
> >>The best thing about this program is that the user can enter
> >>addresses for blocks of fcb, fcc, and skip. The full mode will then
> >>take the byte table into account during disassembly. The byte table
> >>can be saved to disk so that multi-session disassemblies are
> >>possible.
> >>
> >>The program has ascii and hex dump window to facilitate creating the
> >>above byte table.
> >>
> >>
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> > 
> 
> I don't believe that it is available for purchase at this late date.
> Try a Google search for Cer-Comp or Bill Vergona.
> 
> The bad aspects of Source III are the copyright protection scheme and
> no 6309 support.
> 
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Sounds like it is a code seeking disassembler like the one I have for the HC11. Nice 
to have that with some large programs. Set the entry point, find a few subroutine 
start points and before long you have disassembled code.

james