HPWRITE EXPERIENCED USERS CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE EXAMPLE ON PAGE TWO. NEW USERS SHOULD READ THE ENTIRE INTRODUCTION. Hpwrite is a program for IBM and compatibles that creates a small program for the HP48sx. About the only use this program has is to create "crib" screens for your HP. It's like a little word processor that saves a single screen of text for your Hp. It produces good results with almost no interaction with the Hp keyboard (which is nice :-). The program is fairly self explanatory and the best way to understand it is to give it a try; at your dos prompt type "hpwrite" without the quotes. Give your program a name, i.e. test, then just start typing. Note that the screen will wrap when you try to type out of bounds. Due to the size of the screen, the edit mode is permanently in overwrite, that is, you cannot insert charac- ters. When done designing the screen, hit and the program terminates. You are now ready to transfer the program to you HP. KERMIT FILE TRANSFERS FROM IBM TO HP48SX Assuming you've already created the HP program using HPWRITE, start up kermit by typing "kermit" at your DOS prompt. At the MS-Kermit> prompt type "set baud 9600". Now configure your calculator: In the I/O menu chose setup and set WIRE, ASCII,baud 9600, parity none 0, checksum type 3,translate code 1. Plug your calculator in and hit "recv", then at the kermit prompt type "s filename" where filename is the one you created with the HPWRITE program. When kermit is finished, type "q" for quit. You will find a menu button in your VAR labled the same as the filename. Press it! This was a quickie, one day program written in turbo pascal 5.5 if you find that you like the program but wish it did some things a little differently, don't hesistate to inquire. The source is availble or, under certain circumstances, I can modify things for you, as you request. All I ask is that if you modify my code please remove my name from it. If you happen to REALLY enjoy this program, tape a dime on a postcard and send it to: +--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | Dan Cutler (out in the sticks) | Arpa: dcutler@outlaw.uwyo.edu | | The University of Wyoming (Casper College) | Bitnet: dcuter@uwyo.bitnet | | Computer Science and a Little Math | (coffee,computers,calculators,| | (A computer nerd disguised as a cool dude) | calculas,cats,and... pascal) | +--------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ PAGE TWO EXAMPLE RUN c:\hp\hpwrite (or whatever your path is) What do you want the HP program to be called? (4 or 5 chars is best) firsttry Creating HP program FIRSTTRY... Hit escape when finished ________________________ |hi all! this is my | |first attempt with the| |new program | | | |HPWRITE | | | | bye- | ------------------------ Now in your directory you will find the file firsttry that looks like this. %%HP: T(1)A(R)F(.); « CLLCD "hi all! this is my" 1 DISP "first attempt with the" 2 DISP "new program" 3 DISP "HPWRITE" 5 DISP " bye-" 7 DISP 3 FREEZE » It is now ready for download into the Hp with just the defaults. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE: Probably the best way to run this program is using kermit's "push" or "run" commands, that is: MS-Kermit>push (* you are now in a new operating system shell *) C:\hp>hpwrite (* run it as you normally would, then type "exit" when done *) OR MS-Kermit>run hpwrite (* This does it all in one shot *) *For no help screen, run it as: C:\hp>hpwrite firsttry Enjoy! =)