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From: jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen NE Bos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Trouble with downloading to hp48
Keywords: Frustration
Message-ID: <2014@charon.cwi.nl>
Date: 27 Aug 90 08:40:23 GMT
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cmoore@space.mit.edu (Christopher B. Moore) writes:

>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 \>> \>>

>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,

It is not supposed to be downloaded as a single file.  Interpret it as
<Filename>
<File, beginning with %%HP, until closing delimiter>

<Next filename>
and so on.

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