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MOTOROLA S Format

A Motorola, Exorciser or "S" Format file can be
examined using a text editor and printed. Each
record is a single line of ASCII characters,
expressing bytes as hexadecimal pairs,
terminated with Carriage return and Linefeed
(0D,0A). All records start with an "S". The
transmission is terminated by ASCII End-of-
File

S0 Header Record

Position

Character

1-2

"S0"

3-N

Comments

N+1,2

Carriage Return & Line Feed

S1 Data with 2 Byte Address

Position

Character

1-2

"S1"

3-4

Record length = data bytes
plus 3 2 for address & 1 for
checksum.

5-8

2 byte address as 4 HEX
characters Most Significant
Byte first.

9-N

Data bytes in hexadecimal,
each byte is two HEX
characters.

N+1,2

Negation of checksum of bytes
excluding "S1". Makes the line
add up to "FF".

N+3,4

Carriage Return & Line Feed.



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