{
This program demonstrates how to use the program
PATCH.COM to enable a Turbo Pascal program to
access the CP/M command tail.
Background: the Z80 versions of Turbo Pascal trash all
but the first 32 bytes of the CP/M command tail in a
.COM file. Eliot Moss wrote PATCH.PAS to move the
command tail to high memory; his program will repair
any .COM file generated with Turbo version 2.0. (The
8088 versions do not share this problem since MS-DOS
implements the command tail differently. Also, the
addresses are different in Z80 version 1.0.)
Usage: write your .PAS source file the way you normally
would. Add the following lines:
In the 'type' section:
PatchString = string[127];
In the 'var' section:
CmdPtr : ^PatchString absolute $DB;
CmdTail : string[127];
As the very first line of your main program:
CmdTail := CmdPtr^;
Assume your program source is FOO.PAS. Compile your
program into FOO.COM. Exit from Turbo and type:
PATCH FOO
To use your file, type: FOO these are the args to foo
Written by : Ferd S. Brundick
Date written : 20 Jan 85
}
type
PatchString = string[127];
var
CmdPtr : ^PatchString absolute $DB;
CmdTail : string[127];
begin { program SamplePatch }
{ copy CP/M command tail to a safe location }
CmdTail := CmdPtr^;
{ display command tail to show that it is intact }
writeln('Your command tail was:');
writeln('|', CmdTail, '|')
