akcs.morton@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Larry Morton) (10/23/90)
I TRIED TO LOAD THE ->ASC AND ASC-> PROGRAMS GIVEN UNDER ITEM 887
BY RAY RISCHPATER AND MY SYSTEM STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE POWER.
WHEN I TURNED THE 48 BACK ON, ALL MEMORY WAS LOST (INCLUDING ALL
OF MY PROGRAMS SINCE MARCH '90 WHICH, BY MY IGNORANCE, HAD NOT BEEN
BACKED UP TO A FLOPPY !). I HAVE DOWNLOADED THESE PROGRAMS SEVERAL
TIMES AND THE ONLY RESPONSE WHEN RUNNING "SETUP" NOW IS THAT BOTH
"P2" AND "P3" ARE INVALID STRINGS. I HAVE CHECKED EACH DIGIT,
ONE BY ONE, AND THEY ARE EXACTLY AS RAY'S ITEM SHOWS. WHAT COULD
I BE DOING WRONG ? PLEASE GIVE ME SOME GUIDANCE ON LOADING
AND USING THESE PROGRAMS. I STARTED OUT BY EDITING "P1" TO CHANGE
IT TO A 48 PROGRAM WHICH THE MACHINE ACCEPTED SO I DON'T THINK
THE PROBLEM IS THERE. "P2" AND "P3" ARE ENTERED EXACTLY LIKE THE
LISTING SHOWS AS ONE LONG LIST BEGINNING AND ENDING WITH " AND
THE <CR><LF> COMBINATIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
--- LARRY MORTON
(805) 733-4275billw@hpcvra.CV.HP.COM (William C Wickes) (10/24/90)
Don't remove the <CR><LF>'s. Download the programs in HP48 translate mode 3. (The original posting of ->ASC and ASC-> was a directory containing P1, P2, P3, and SETUP, with a header to specify the 48 settings automatically. The text of that directory should have been downloaded unedited.) ASC-> assumes that its argument strings have a LF character as every 61st character. Bill Wickes HP Corvallis