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Date: 15 Feb 91 22:55:32 GMT
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 HP48sx**********************HP48sx*********************************HP48sx


    Hi again,

        NRTS is great. I finally managed to get my 48 to log onto
   our VAX. Heres my cable configuration.


      Pin number on 9 pin connector                Pin number on 25 way

                   1                                        1
                   2                                        3
                   3                                        2
                   5                                        7


     No other shorting was required. (the 9 pin connector is what
    comes out of the 48 and the 25 way is what goes into the VAX).
    I particularly like the strippeng of the control codes, which makes
    the whole appearance very neat. A point of interest is that we
    wondered whether the 48 would be able to send and recieve information
    over very long cable lengths (many 10's of metres) and it can!!!
    (actually it was about 20 meters), not bad......

    Secondly if anybody is interested I put the EVAL in the wrong place
    in MakePath it should be

            \<< PATH 0 DOWN { HOME } MAH \->LIST
                SWAP EVAL 'PATHS' STO \>>
                     

     Oh back to cables,

> Reclimb Everest ????????

     I'd much rather climb Everest myself (?!) than watch a video of somebody
     doing it for me. I made a cable for about $2-3 American money and enjoyed
     learning about various things doing it, and SAVING MONEY!!!

 Oh and ASC\-> and UUencode etc.....

     ASC\-> is one of the most useful routines I have ever used
    on my HP48. Want to know what something looks like in memory?
    Just ask \->ASC. Want to download something with wierd objects in
    it. yep you guessed it \->ASC. Want to create weird objects
    simply (without typing them in at the memory scanner)? Look
    no further than ASC\-> (with the help of KCRC of course).

     I happened to find UUENCODE (not DECODE) last week by accident on a PC in
    a place a long way from here and brought it back on a disc. I
    have no unix or C!!!! UU**** does not help analyse objects!!!

    I rest my case

       Conrad