https://github.com/trwyant/perl-encode-rad50

Convert to and from the Rad50 character set
https://github.com/trwyant/perl-encode-rad50

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Convert to and from the Rad50 character set

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/trwyant/perl-encode-rad50
• Owner: trwyant
• Created: 2015-05-18T03:24:24.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-10T01:00:30.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-20T22:54:29.832Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: character-encoding, perl, perl-module, retrocomputing
• Language: Perl
• Size: 128 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: Changes
  • License: LICENSES/Artistic

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README

        
Encode-RAD50 is Copyright (C) 2005-2007, 2011-2023 by Thomas R. Wyant, III

DESCRIPTION

This piece of retrocomputing converts between an ASCII subset and Rad50,

an encoding only used, to the best of my knowledge, for the Digital

(R.I.P.) PDP-11 computer, under (at least) the RSX-11 (including IAS and

P/OS), RT-11, RSTS (-11 and /E)  operating systems.

There are two subroutines/methods (depending on whether you call them

directly or not): encode and decode. Nothing is exported by default,

since both names strike me as candidates for collision.

See the eg directory for samples.

I have no idea what anyone would want to use this for.

INSTALLATION

This package is installable by either of the two usual incantations:

    tar -xzf Encode-RAD50-9.999.tar

    perl Makefile.PL

    make

    make test

    make install

or

    tar -xzf Encode-RAD50-9.999.tar

    perl Build.PL

    ./Build

    ./Build test

    sudo ./Build install

You should substitute the appropriate program name for 'make', eg nmake

(typically) under MSWin32, or mms or mmk under VMS. See

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe for a copy of

nmake for MSWin32 if you need it.

Of course, since it's pure Perl, you can just expand the kit and drop

the .pm files into the Encode directory (creating it if necessary) in

the appropriate place in your @INC directories.

LICENSING INFORMATION

This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text

of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but

without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of

merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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This module is installable by the usual incantation:

    gunzip Convert-Rad50-9.999.tar.gz

    tar -xf Convert-Rad50-9.999.tar

    perl Makefile.PL

    make

    make test

    make install

Of course, since it's pure Perl, you can just expand the kit and drop

Rad50.pm in the Convert directory in the appropriate place in your

@INC directories.

See the eg directory for samples.

I have no idea what anyone would want to use this for.

Tom Wyant