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- From: charliep@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Charles Patton)
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:27:20 GMT
- Subject: Re: Mac linking with an HP48sx
- Message-ID: <226650008@hpcvra.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- References: <1993Jan19.172748.26660@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- Randall Elton Ding (randyd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) writes:
- >>I know this isn't exactly the best place to ask, but it is related to
- >>the hp48.
- >>
- >>I have enjoyed great success with my HP calc and IBM computer link, now
- >>my roommate wants one too, but he has a Mac. I am trying to help him
- >>get his kermit program working on the Mac so he can backup HP files.
- >>
- >>Does anyone know how to convert the Mac's Kermit.sit file I downloaded from
- >>wsmr-simtel20.army.mil into a Mac application file? I also have downloaded
- >>unstuffit151.bin. It seems that everytime I download files on IBM and use
- >>the Macs MS-DOS --> Mac file transfer program, it generates a document file
- >>which can not be executed (natrually). I used tenex on ftp and binary
- >>transfer on kermit. How the heck do I get a working kermit program
- >>on the Mac????????
- >>
- >>P.S. We are using System7, (junk IMHO).
- >>
- >>randyd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
-
- To quote from the UWM Gopher
-
- "A list of microlabs and hours, along with all the rest of the campus
- facilities can be obtained in either the EMS E380 or Bolton 230 consulting
- sites.
-
- Csd maintains a beautiful public access micro lab in the Golda Meir Library.
- The lab is located on the second floor of the east wing, is for use by
- faculty, staff, and students. It features IBM PS/2 and Macintosh systems,
- and a multitude of software.
-
- Csd also manages several limited access microcomputer labs on behalf of
- the campus for specific divisions."
-
- Take a Mac-formatted disk over there and get both Kermit & UnStuffit
- (this process is called "bootstrapping.") Once you have Kermit on the
- Mac, you can transfer, via Kermit, files of the kind you mentioned,
- side-stepping the Apple File Exchange which, having no reason to
- believe that UNSTUFFI.T15 is "really" a Mac executable, dumps the
- entire file into the data-fork and, unlike some other brain-dead
- systems, will not allow you to execute random junk.
-
- An aside on the use of a Mac for '48 programming: There are a number
- of Mac features which make it my personal favorite for user-language
- programming. These include the HP48 Fonts, which make programs
- transferred in Translate-mode-0 look exactly as they do on the '48
- (and print out nicely as well) and can be used in almost any editor.
- A second feature is graphics, including the Grober. Making QuickTime
- movies from '48 output is nearly trivial, as is digitizing and
- transferring images to the '48. A third consideration is M.T.B.F. (in
- a software sense.) I maintain for myself both a 486 PC and a Mac IIx
- and I easily spend 5x more time figuring out new and mollifying
- exciting new IRQ / HIMEM / EMS / Port / driver / etc. etc. etc.
- conflicts on the PC than "INIT" (or any other) conflicts on the Mac.
- If you take into account your per-hour charge for your own time, Macs
- are _far_ cheaper.
-
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- ** Charles M. Patton **
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- ** charliep@cv.hp.com **
- ** the usual disclaimers apply **
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