by Craig Bruce -- for Release #16 -- February 4, 1997.
Documentation files: user-guide.html - ACE User's Guide files-doc.html - list of available files: this file as-doc.html - documentation for the assembler program bcode-doc.html - documentation for the bcode/unbcode programs term-doc.html - documentation for the terminal program fx.doc-html - documentation for the File eXchange program prg-doc.html - ACE Programmer's Reference Guide tech-doc.html - technical information about ACE tutor-doc.html - placeholder for a beginner's tutorial introduction to ACE System binary files (in "aceNNL.sfx"): ace - the kernel bootstrapper; runnable from either 64 or 128 mode ace128 - the kernel for the C128 ace64 - the kernel for the C64 config - the configuration-initializer program .acerc - the system configuration - this is data, not an executable config.edit - configuration-editor program (written in BASIC) acechr-standard - standard ACE character set (special graphic characters) acechr-commodore - regular Commodore character set acechr-iso-ace - ISO 8859-1 character set, with ACE 4-bit images acechr-iso-nova - ISO 8859-1 character set, with Novaterm 4-bit images acechr-iso-wide - ISO 8859-1 character set, with Novaterm-"Wide" 4-bit images acechr-iso-short - ISO 8859-1 character set, with Novaterm-"Short" 4-bit images acechr-ansi-ace - ANSI character set, with ACE 4-bit images acechr-ansi-nova - ANSI character set, with Novaterm 4-bit images acechr-ansi-wide - ANSI character set, with Novaterm-"Wide" 4-bit images acechr-ans-short - ANSI character set, with Novaterm-"Short" 4-bit images acechr-ans-perry - ANSI character set, with "Perryfont" :-) 4-bit images acekey-qwerty - regular qwerty key matrix (also built in) acekey-dvorak - Dvorak key matrix sh - the command shell (really, an application prog) .ashrc - the ACE-command-shell auto-execution shell script Application binary programs (in "aceNNL.sfx"): cp - copy files rm - remove files (scratch) mv - rename files (named for Unix "mv"=="move") mkdir - create a new directory (flat name) rmdir - remove an existing empty directory (flat name) wc - count words, lines, characters of files grep - search for a substring in files (from Unix "grep") tr - translate from one character set to another sort - sort lines of files wrap - wrap lines longer than 75 characters date - display current date and time forty - switch to 40-col screen, slow mode eighty - switch to 80-col screen, fast mode on 128, or soft-80 on 64 read - read files (for testing) mem - display available dynamic and transient-program-area memory hello - dumb little "hello world" example program window - set the current window dimensions acechr - characterset loader keymat - key-matrix loader head - display the first N lines of a file, donated by Jake Hamby jif - display the current jiffy-clock time mousetest - mouse/graphics demo program more - full-screen file viewer uuencode - encode files into uuencoded format uudecode - decode files from uuencoded format bcode - encode files into BCODE format unbcode - decode files from BCODE format crc32 - display CRC-32 values for files kar - KAR (Kevin's ARchiver) file archiver (all-text format) unkar - KAR (Kevin's ARchiver) file dearchiver vbm - VBM bitmap-file viewer vbmpr - VBM bitmap-file (v2 only) printer for Epson-compatible printers as - one-pass assembler term - simple VT-100 terminal-emulation program fx - custom File eXchange (upload/download) program z - ZED text editor System source files (in "aceNN-syssrc.kar"): acehead.s - bud/ace header file for all ACE programs kernhead.s - bud/ace header file for the kernel and configuration programs ace.s - buddy main source file: low-level system stuff + includes acecall.s - buddy source for most of the file calls acemem.s - buddy source for memory and process management calls acecon.s - buddy source for console driver acewin.s - buddy source for interface to screen drivers acevdc.s - buddy source for C128 VDC 80-column screen driver acevic.s - buddy source for C128/C64 VIC 40-column screen driver acesoft80.s - buddy source for C64 VIC soft-80-column screen driver acerd.s - buddy source for RAMdisk device driver aceswift.s - buddy source for SwiftLink device driver acepar.s - buddy source for parallel-port device driver acekey-qwerty.s - ace-as source for the qwerty key matrix acekey-dvorak.s - ace-as source for the Dvorak key matrix config.s - buddy configuration bootstrapping program sh.s - buddy source for command-shell program Application source files (in "aceNN-appsrc.kar"): cp.s - buddy source for "cp" (copy) rm.s - buddy source for "rm" (remove) mv.s - buddy source for "mv" (move) mkdir.s - buddy source for "mkdir" (make directory) rmdir.s - buddy source for "rmdir" (remove directory) wc.s - buddy source for "wc" (word count) grep.s - buddy source for "grep" (g??? regular expression p???) tr.s - buddy source for "tr" (translate) sort.s - buddy source for "sort" wrap.s - buddy source for "wrap" (wrap lines) date.s - buddy source for "date" forty.s - buddy source for "forty" eighty.s - buddy source for "eighty" read.s - buddy source for "read" (read files) mem.s - buddy source for "mem" (memory status) hello.s - buddy source for "hello" (hello world) window.s - buddy source for "window" chrset.s - buddy source for "chset" (character set) keymat.s - buddy source for "keymat" (key matrix) head.s - ace-as source for "head" (head) jif.s - ace-as source for "jif" (time display) mousetest.s - ace-as source for "mousetest" more.s - buddy source for "more" uuencode.s - buddy source for "uuencode" (unix-to-unix encode) uudecode.s - buddy source for "uudecode" (unix-to-unix decode) bcode.s - buddy source for "bcode" (bruce encode) unbcode.s - buddy source for "unbcode" (un bruce encode) unbcodehelp.s - buddy source supplement to "unbcode.s" crc32.s - buddy source for "crc32" (cyclic redundancy check, 32-bit) crc32a.s - buddy source for "crc32a" (cyclic redundancy check, 32-bit, A) kar.s - buddy source for "kar" (Kevin's archiver) unkar.s - buddy source for "unkar" (un Kevin's archiver) vbm.s - ace-as source for "vbm" (view bitmap) vbmpr.s - ace-as source for "vbmpr" (view bitmap print) as.s - buddy source for "as" (assembler) ashelp.s - buddy source supplement to "as.s" term.s - ace-as source for "term" (terminal emulator) fx.s - ace-as source for "fx" (file exchange) z.s - ace-as source for "z" (Zen editor) Source files for related Unix programs (in "aceNN-usrc.kar"): bcode.doc - documentation for the ANSI-C bcode/unbcode programs bcode.c - the ANSI-C bcode-encoder program unbcode.c - the ANSI-C bcode-decoder program pbmtovbm.c - the ANSI-C PBM/XBM/VBM file converter program fx.c - the ANSI-C File-eXchange Server program