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From: riley@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Vic Riley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: programming HP-95LX
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Date: 5 May 91 01:15:52 GMT
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I've read the articles on the 95LX in PC Computing and Byte, and I've
followed the discussion here.  I have one basic question: what is the
programmability of the 95LX?  Does the DOS implementation include BASIC?
Will there be (or are there) high level language cards available?  How are
the calculator section functions programmed?  Do they emulate the 19-B (or
whatever) programming functions, or do they extend to the rest of the
system?  I'm not interested in modifying DOS programs for an LX (I use a
Mac); I am interested in both programming my own applications on the
machine and in writing code that I can transfer to a desktop PC or Mac.
Frankly, I'm less interested in the built in applications and more
interested in the idea of having a fully capable, fully programmable PC in
a handheld package.