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From: steveg@hpcvnb.CV.HP.COM (Steven_Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP-86 to DOS ???
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Date: 16 Jul 90 19:54:49 GMT
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/ hpcvnb:comp.sys.hp / vanness@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Van Ness Alan) /  5:26 pm  Jul 11, 1990 /


>Help,
>
>   Does anyone know how I can get files from an HP-86 to an IBM-PC
>(a DOS format that is).  I am a programmer familiar with DOS and
>BASIC (not HP's).  I know nothing about the internals of the HP-86
>(it belongs to a friend).  I'm hoping that there is a program I
>can run on the HP that can write files to a floppy in a DOS format.

Disclaimer: I am not an expert on these things and in no way am I 
            representing HP in the following statements.

Although I don't claim to be an expert I have spent many an hour behind
an HP-86/87 keyboard.  I also had the need to transfer files from the 
HP-86 to DOS format and ran across a handy program for doing it.
I had great success in transfering data files from my 86 to DOS format
and then into Lotus123.  I can't give you a copy because of copyright
laws but I can point you to the writers and maybe you can still get a
copy from them.  The program is called  SWAP.                   
                "SMART BACKUP"     (c) Copyright 1984 All rights reserved.
                A.G.W. Inc. 
                Box 3103 Albany NY  12203
                518-482-9023

Good Luck!                        
              Steven Grant
              (503) 750-2177