a way to run program with arguments

assets/JS_INIT.js

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ if (!Array.prototype.filter){
         return res;
     };
 }
+if (!String.prototype.padStart) {
+    String.prototype.padStart = function(l, c) {
+        return (this.length >= l) ? this : (c.repeat(l - this.length) + this);
+    };
+}
 // Production steps of ECMA-262, Edition 5, 15.4.4.19
 // Reference: http://es5.github.io/#x15.4.4.19
 if (!Array.prototype.map) {

assets/tvdos/TVDOS.SYS

@@ -65,4 +65,10 @@ var GL = eval(filesystem.readAll("A"));
 
 // Boot script
 filesystem.open("A", "tvdos/command.js", "R");
-eval(filesystem.readAll("A"));
+let cmdsrc = filesystem.readAll("A");
+
+// app execution stub
+let prg = eval("let _appStub=function(exec_args){"+cmdsrc+"};_appStub;"); // making 'exec_args' a app-level global
+prg(undefined);
+//let testtest = prg(42);
+//println(testtest.test);

assets/tvdos/command.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const PROMPT_TEXT = ">";
+let PROMPT_TEXT = ">";
 let CURRENT_DRIVE = "A";
 
 let shell_pwd = [""];
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ function greet() {
 }
 
 
+let shell = {};
+shell.test = "command.js test string";
+if (exec_args !== undefined) return shell;
+
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 println("Starting TVDOS...");
@@ -47,9 +52,10 @@ while (true) {
             println();
             try {
                 println("You entered: " + cmdbuf);
+
             }
             catch (e) {
-                println(e);
+                printerrln(e);
             }
             finally {
                 if (cmdbuf.trim().length > 0)
@@ -91,4 +97,6 @@ while (true) {
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}
+
+return 0;

assets/zippytest.js

@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 serial.println(typeof atob);
 
 const inputstr =
-"//////////////////////////////////////////j//////////////"+
-"/////////////////j////////////////////////z8/P///j///+hoaGhof+hof////////Pz//////j//6Gh//////+hof////////Pz//////j//6"+
-"Gh//////+hoaGhof//8/Pz8/P///j///+hoaH///+hof//oaH///Pz//////j//////6Gh//+hof//oaH///Pz//////j///////+hof+hof//oaH///P"+
-"z//////j///////+hof+hof//oaH///Pz//////j//6GhoaGh//+hof//oaH///////////j///////////////////////////////j/////////////"+
-"////////////////////////////////////////"
+'println("TERRAN Megatrends inc.");let p=0;let m=[[0,255,170,85,105,15,165,30,199,113,142,227,202,254,186,190],[255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255]];con.move(2,1),print("000 KB OK");try{for(;p<8<<20;){con.move(2,1);var x=""+(p+1>>10);print(x<10?"00"+x:x<100?"0"+x:x);for(var t=0;t<m.length;t++){for(var b=0;b<m[t].length;b++)if(sys.poke(p+b,m[t][b]),m[t][b]!=sys.peek(p+b))throw"Memory Error";for(var b=0;b<m[t].length;b++)if(sys.poke(p+b,255-m[t][b]),255-m[t][b]!=sys.peek(p+b))throw"Memory Error"}p+=m[0].length}}catch(t){"Memory Error"==t?println(" Memory Error"):println(" KB OK!")}var _BIOS={FIRST_BOOTABLE_PORT:[0,1]};Object.freeze(_BIOS);let n=0,s=0;for(;n<4&&(!com.areYouThere(n)||(com.sendMessage(n,"LOADBOOT"),s=com.getStatusCode(n),0!=s));)n+=1;n<4?eval(com.fetchResponse(n).trimNull()):printerrln("No bootable medium found.");';
 serial.println(inputstr);
-//FIXME bad Base64.atob impl
-serial.println(base64.btoa(base64.atob(inputstr)))
 
-var zipbin = gzip.comp(base64.atob(inputstr));
-var zipped = base64.btoa(zipbin);
-serial.println(zipped);
 
-//var unzipped = base64.btoa(gzip.decomp(zipbin));
-var unzipped = base64.btoa(gzip.decomp(base64.atob(zipped)));
+let inputbytes = [];
 
-serial.println(unzipped);
+for (let i = 0; i < inputstr.length; i++) {
+    inputbytes.push(inputstr.charCodeAt(i));
+}
 
-serial.println("It is now safe to turn off");
+let compstr = gzip.comp(inputbytes);
+
+
+for (let i = 0; i < compstr.length; i++) {
+    serial.print((compstr[i] & 255).toString(16).padStart(2,'0') + " ");
+}