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- From: ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Ian Staples)
- Subject: System compliant BASIC for HP 95LX?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.074238.1376@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au>
- Organization: Qld Dept Primary Industries
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 07:42:38 GMT
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- First, an apology to HP. In an earlier posting I was a critical of their
- local "service". It turns out the problem was due to a 2nd-order agent (i.e.
- they sell the HP 95LX, but they don't deal directly with the distributors;
- they deal through an intermediate dealer). So...bouquets to the Qld
- distributors, Twinlock Acco, and especially to Peter Tucker in Brisbane,
- who couldn't have been more helpful once I approached him directly.
-
- Now to the real thing:-
- A HP rep in Melbourne responded to my previous posting. He is into the HP
- calculator line rather than the palmtops, but he thought one of my concerns
- about operating the HP95 in the field could be overcome by using "system
- compliant" programs. He thought there was a version of BASIC available which
- would facilitate writing such programs. He called it "Swift BASIC" - which I
- have never heard of! Have you? Who supplies it?? (Having slept on the matter
- I'm left wondering if he really meant QuickBASIC?!)
-
- In summary:
- 1. Is there such a thing as "Swift BASIC" for the HP 95LX palmtop computer?
- If there is, where do I get it and how much does it cost?
- 2. Alternatively, can you use QuickBASIC to write "system compliant" programs
- for the HP 95LX? (Or MS BASIC PDS 7.1?)
- 3. IF (2) THEN do the manuals for the HP contain the necessary details to
- enable "system compliant programming", or must one purchase extra docs?
- (It looks very much like the latter to me.)
-
- Thanks for your help, Ian S.
-
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- Ian Staples | Internet : ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au
- c/- P.O. Box 1054, | Fax : +61 70 92 3593
- MAREEBA Queensland 4880 | Voice : +61 70 92 1555
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