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From: cmoore@space.mit.edu (Christopher B. Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Trouble with downloading to hp48
Keywords: Frustration
Message-ID: <1990Aug25.065759.28079@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 90 06:57:59 GMT
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Reply-To: cmoore@space.mit.edu (Christopher B. Moore)
Organization: MIT Center for Space Research
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I'm new to the hp48 world and I'm having trouble downloading programs
from ASCII files to the calculator.  The file I'm trying at the moment
is of Eric Postpischil's timekeeping program.  The file begins with the
following few lines:

CDP	@ Clock Data Put	CRC #AF13h 52.5 @
%%HP: T(2);
\<< \-> V L \<< 'CLKDAT' L V PUT \>> \>>
 
CDG	@ Clock Data Get	CRC #4B28h 29.5 @
%%HP: T(2);
\<< 'CLKDAT' SWAP GET \>>

PA	@ PreAmble		CRC #D892h 56 @
%%HP: T(2);
\<< RCLF 64 STWS 2 CDG TICKS 1 CDG - OVER - B\->R \>>

...
 

I'm setting ASCII mode and then using the calculator as a server.  The transfer
aborts with a 'SYNTAX ERROR' right at the beginning.  From the looks of things,
the \<< codes were not being translated.  If I change the %%HP: T(2) lines to
%%HP: T(3), things work until it gets confused and gives a syntax error at
the last line shown above.  This time it looks like it is trying to interpret
the %%HP: T(3) line as a command of some sort....  What am I doing wrong?

Thank you for your assistance,
Christopher Moore
cmoore@space.mit.edu