[ale] hex

[Irv Mullins]

On Thu, 10 May 2001, you wrote:
> hey guys listen im new to hex editing and basically
> all i know about it is the translations of hex to
> decimal to binary... i need some documentation so I
> can start programming in hex or also understand what a
> program is doing in hex when i do things like... edit
> notepad or something else in a hex editor. if you guys
> could point me to what i seek i would greatly
> appreciate it i understand this may be a bit off topic
> but i figure since you guys are into linux you would
> surely know a thing or two about this :) later and thanks

Hmmm. on the off chance that this isn't a troll.....
People very rarely program in 'hex'. 
I quit once computers got more than 256 bytes of memory..

A good assembler is about as close as you'll ever get to hex.
If you're readlly interested in seeing what a program 
is 'doing' , you could get a disassembler, and disassemble 
a 'Hello world' program written in C. 
This will only be about 11,000 bytes to wade thru.

You should also be aware that changing even one single 
byte in those 11,000 will cause the program to cease working.
So, I can't really recommend you try editing Notepad :)

Regards,
Irv
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