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From: latenser@hoss.unl.edu (Dan Latenser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: NEW !?  HP PDL for 48sx
Message-ID: <1991Apr08.191523.5660@hoss.unl.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 19:15:23 GMT
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From the pages of PC-Week:

  ( with some text deleted  -- I did not have enough time 
    -- important points remain. )

"
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Program Development Link (PDL) .....
....
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The $120 PDL lets PC-based developers write and test programs for the
HP-48 series programmable calculators --- both the original HP-48sx, with
two slots...... and the new zero-slot HP-48s.

.... text mode ... interface

... Full-featured editing windows with automatic aids for typing special
symbols ....

... Mouse- and menu based commands make quick work of building
applications, including all the structures needed for customized menus
using the calculators 'soft keys'.

H.P. shows genuine concern for ease of use .....
...
built in kermit
....
Once an application is transferred the PDL's Immediate window permits
remote control of the calculator from the PC keyboard and screen.

....
Context-sensitive, on-line help reduces the need to page through the
volumes of documentation that describe the broad capabilities of these
hand-held machines......
....
The entire 500 page programmer's reference is available on-line and is
easily perused via mouse of keyboard.

Help includes both subject and alphabetic menus and hypertext links
covering more than 2,100 built-in functions for mathematics, engineering,
graphics, communications, text processing and even time management.
....
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PC Week Labs tested the PDL.....
		The PDL proved easy to use ...installed size of 1.2M bytes 
		requires a hard disk or high density floppy.
.....
"