                                   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 <esc> 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-     |
------------------------

<ESC>

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!   =)

