deal with both int8 and uint8 buffers

src/inspect_tic.js

@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ thead.selectAll("th").data(["name", "size", "time", " "]).enter().append("t
 })()
 
 function compareBuffers (a, b) {
-    if (a.byteLength != b.byteLength) { return false; }
+    var ad = new DataView(a.buffer),
-    for (var i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
+        bd = new DataView(b.buffer);
-        if (a[i] != b[i]) { return false;}
+    if (ad.byteLength != bd.byteLength) { return false; }
+    for (var i=0; i<ad.byteLength; i++) {
+        if (ad.getUint8(i, 1) != bd.getUint8(i, 1)) { return false;}
     }
     return true;
 }
-       
+
 async function load_key (key) {
     const db = await openDB(DB_NAME);
     var objectStore = db.transaction([DB_STORE], "readonly").objectStore(DB_STORE);
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ async function load_key (key) {
         //var cart_js = cart.tojson();
         //code.setValue(JSON.stringify(cart_js, null, 2));
         var outputBuffer = cart.tobuffer();
+        console.log("buffers same", compareBuffers(inputBuffer, outputBuffer))
     });
     
 }    

src/ticparse.js

@@ -42,27 +42,29 @@ function tohex (a) {
 // }
 
 export function parsetic (buf) {
-    if (!(buf instanceof Uint8Array)) {
+//     if (!(buf instanceof Uint8Array)) {
-        console.log("ERROR buf is not UInt8Array");
+//         console.log("ERROR buf is not UInt8Array");
-        return;
+//         return;
-    }
+//     }
     var ret = {},
         data = new DataView(buf.buffer),
         i=0,
         bank,
         ctype,
         clen,
-        future_use;
+        future_use,
+        firstbyte;
 
     ret.chunks = [];
     ret.chunks_by_type = {};
     while (i<buf.length) {
-        bank = buf[i] >> 5;
+        firstbyte = data.getUint8(i, LITTLE_ENDIAN);
-        ctype = buf[i] & 0b11111;
+        bank = firstbyte >> 5;
+        ctype = firstbyte & 0b11111;
         i+=1;
         clen = data.getUint16(i, LITTLE_ENDIAN);
         i+=2;
-        future_use = buf[i];
+        future_use = data.getUint8(i, LITTLE_ENDIAN);
         i+=1; // byte reserved for future_use
         var chunk = {bank: bank, ctype: ctype, future_use: future_use};
         chunk.original_length = clen; // can be out of sync with data, only for control purposes