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- From: uw-apl!apl-em!dunlap@beaver.cs.washington.edu
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 86 09:46:29 pst
- Subject: HP9845 BASIC Kermit
-
- Our HP9845's do not recognize the following:
-
- Mass Storage Unit Specifier ":Q"
- CCOM, CMODEL, CCONNECT, CDISCONNECT, CCONTROL, CSTAT, CWRITE, CREAD
- Block if: IF THEN, ELSE, END IF on separate lines
- Case selection: SELECT, CASE, END SELECT on separate lines
-
- These keywords are in fact in ROMs we don't own. According to our HP
- service engineer:
-
- > Mass Storage Unit Specifier ":Q"
-
- This is the msus for the "HP7908" disc.
-
- > CCOM, CMODEL, CCONNECT, CDISCONNECT, CCONTROL, CSTAT, CWRITE, CREAD
-
- These commands are found in the Datacomm ROM, which can only be used
- with the HP98046 Datacomm interface.
-
- > Block if: IF THEN, ELSE, END IF on separate lines
- > Case selection: SELECT, CASE, END SELECT on separate lines
-
- These are found in the Structured Programming ROM, along with many
- other useful commands like XREF and INDENT.
-
- Since we don't have the above and have no plans to purchase I am considering
- redoing the code a little to use the more common I/O ROM and HP98036 serial
- interface. I already have written a terminal emulator which performs quite
- well (keeps up at 1200 bps) so I don't forsee any great difficulty. On the
- down side I cannot say when I can get to it.
-
- In any case there should be some words in the HP9845 kermit distribution
- about the above ROMs and I/O cards being required. I don't think the
- mass storage unit specifier (MSUS) problem is serious -- people can change
- that to their usual MSUS.
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