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New IMI routines

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Warning, I released a new version of the IMI stuff (MIXIT, DOWND and DIO
to follow shortly). This release fixed a bug in file handling when word
sizes were greater than 8 bits and the file was greater than 128k bytes
(MIXIT, DIO and DOWND have the same bug). Also, UPLOAD will now work on 
the IMI although it won't re-mix the data back into non-8 bit words.
That is, if you programmed 2 Eproms with 16 bit data and upload those
two Eproms into a file, you'll get a file with 2 sets of 8 bit data
not what you started with.

New feature: You can get Eprom checksums without programming them or
even downloading any data to the IMI. The checksum displayed is the
number that the IMI would compute, not necessarily what your self
test would compute (Lipson is working on a more robust version).
To get them, type IMI at any terminal (it'll say something about not
being able to run the IMI if you're not at the IMI's terminal, ignore
that), do a DEVICE and FILE selection as usual and type

	IMI_COMMAND: CHECK start-end

Example:

	$ IMI
	IMI_COMMAND: FILE TEST 16
	IMI_COMMAND: DEV 27512
	IMI_COMMAND: CHECK 0-1FFFF
	IMI_COMMAND: EX
	$

If you have trouble with this release, you can use the old one by:

	$ ASS KIM$SYSDEVICE:[OLDIMI] IMI$SYSTEM

before typing IMI.

ds
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Jul 15, 1987