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- Path: sparky!uunet!boulder!ucsu!spot.Colorado.EDU!dixon
- From: dixon@spot.Colorado.EDU (Life is real?)
- Subject: IBM -> HP-48SX...HELP!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.064811.508@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 06:48:11 GMT
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- I'm sure this has been covered, but I *did* read the FAQs and I
- *did* try on my own...and I *did* read the applicable sections of
- the manual, BUT I still don't understand! For one thing, the info in
- the manual pretty much has me overwhelmed, and it'd be nice to have
- some simple how-to instructions to follow to give me a little experience!
-
- Ok, so much for the flame retardation...now on to what I need to know!
-
- I have a new HP-48SX w/serial adapter kit, 32k RAM card, and the Equation
- Solver card. I'm trying hard to figure out how to utilize stuff I downloaded
- from (ftp'd) seq.uncwil.edu and from the HP BBS. I have a file called
- "movie" and "movie.doc" that sounds fun...it's supposed to be some kind of
- an animation. Listing the file on my PC, I see it's binary and starts with
- "HPHP48...". I figured out how to send it to the HP-48 by putting the
- thing in server mode (right-shift I/O), then using the kermit software
- that came with the serial kit, but it ended up in a variable called "movie"
- which appears to be a string since it's contained in "" when you recall it
- to the stack. Question: I used BINARY mode, i.e. I/O setup => set to binary,
- but it still ended up as a string. Even if it didn't, what the heck do I
- do with the thing?
-
- How about programs that I've downloaded? They look like they have different
- sections of ASCII in them: uuencoded stuff and a couple of other sections.
- I haven't a clue on what to do with them. Can someone tell me the name of
- an example program-containing file on the above mentioned ftp site, then
- give DETAILED instructions on how to get it from my PC into the HP-48SX,
- and then into runable shape??? You can tell from my questions that I
- don't know what I'm talking about...I've only made it through the first
- 5 chapters of the el-huge-o manual, and read sections of the other stuff
- on transferring things and on libraries...
-
- I'm aware of the ASC-> and ->ASC programs, and have d/l'ed them also, but
- haven't tried getting them into the 48SX yet, since I was getting a little
- worn out on the idea (for now...grin).
-
- Brian D.
- briand@cv.hp.com
-
- ^^^^^^ Yes, that's where they make'm! How do you think I got a such a good
- deal on the new 48SX system??
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