[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Binary Editor Wanted - Here's a good one

w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (02/22/89)

csd@drutx.ATT.COM (DavisCS) writes:
> Many years ago (well, maybe two) I had in my hands an editor that
> dealt with binary files.  It displayed a hex version of the contents
> in a window on one side of the screen and a displayable ASCII version
> on the opposite side.  You could edit a file by making changes in
> either window.  Anyway, I seldom used it and somewhere along the line
> I lost it.  Can anyone help me with the name of an editor that fits
> that desription and a pointer to where I might pick it up again.

Yes, it's available from Simtel20 as:

Filename			Type	 Bytes	 CRC

Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILUTL>
FM.ARC				BINARY	 10160  1735H

FM (for File Modify) is a little utility which allows you to easily
edit files at the individual byte level.  It is especially useful in
situations where one might use DEBUG to modify a byte in order to
patch a program, to change the wording of messages in your programs
which bother you (its search capabilities are useful for this) or to
change color attributes in a program.

FM.ARC has been submitted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc so if you don't have
FTP access to Simtel20 just wait a week or so and it will appear there.

--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the CP/M & MSDOS archives at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [26.0.0.74]
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