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A complete, tested, editable binary listing of CQKC revision D that matches the available DEC documentation.

It is sometimes difficult to find a specific revision of a MAINDEC diagnostic binary file that matchesan online scan of the available documentation (containing the program listing).

This is true of CQKC. Binary files are available for revisions E0, G1 and G2 but the onlydocumentation is for revision D. The changes between revisions means diagnostic error messages,which reference the program counter (PC) value, don't match the listing in the documentation.This makes it very difficult to pinpoint exactly what test is failing.

The fileCQKC_D_34_40_45.txt was carefully transcribed from the revision D documentation PDF file.Now we have a diagnostic binary and listing pair that match.

A C-language programtxt2abs converts the.txt file into an "absolute format" (.abs) filesuitable for use by various loaders and emulation programs. Nested conditional compilation(i.e. the usual#ifdef xxx ... #endif syntax) is supported. For example a bug fix fromCQKC revision E0 is added by specifying#define CQKC_E0_FIX.

Although CQKC was originally intended for the /40 and /45 it has been found to work on an /05 emulator.It has also been extended to work on /04 hardware using#define 11/04and on /20 and /34 emulators using#define 11/20 and#define 11/34 respectively.

The CQKC revision D documentation is available onBitsaversand also included here.