/***************************************************************************
 *									    
 *			_ t t y o u t   F u n c t i o n			    
 *			-------------------------------			    
 *									    
 *	Function "_ttyout" is called to perform "write" operations to the   
 *	console device.							    
 *									    
 *	Calling Sequence:						    
 *		ret = _ttyout(buffer);					    
 *									    
 *	Where:								    
 *		buffer	-> the output buffer (byte 0 is count)		    
 *		ret	=  count on return				    
 ****************************************************************************/
#include "portab.h"
#include "osif.h"

WORD _ttyout(buf)				/***************************/
						/*			   */
REG	BYTE	*buf;				/* -> 1st char output	   */
{						/***************************/
REG	WORD	ii;				/* counter for '$' check   */
	WORD	count;				/* =  # bytes to xfer	   */
	BYTE	*cp;				/* ptr for '$' check	   */
						/*			   */
	count = *buf++;				/* Get num bytes to output */
	buf[count] = '$'; 			/* Terminate string	   */
	for(ii=0, cp=buf; ii<count; ++ii) 	/* Check for internal '$'  */
	    if( buf[ii] == '$' )		/* Found one?		   */
	    {					/* Yes...		   */
		if( *cp != '$' )		/* If '$' not at start	   */
		    __OSIF(C_WRITESTR,cp);	/* Print the string	   */
		__OSIF(CONOUT,'$');		/* And output the '$'	   */
		cp = &buf[ii+1];		/* Reset start of string   */
	    }					/********		   */
	if( cp != &buf[ii] )			/* Assuming we haven't yet */
		__OSIF(C_WRITESTR,cp);		/* Output the rest	   */
						/*			   */
	return(count);				/* return original count   */
}						/***************************/
   */
						/*			   */
	return(count);				/* return original count   */
}						/***************************/
   */
						/*			   */
	return(count);				/* return original count   */
}						/***************************/
