Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: DBOREN@cc.weber.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Message-ID: <688213EF4F7FA02160@cc.weber.edu> Date: 1 Jun 91 16:46:00 GMT Article-I.D.: cc.688213EF4F7FA02160 Lines: 45 Return-path: To: handhelds@gac.edu X-VMS-To: IN%"handhelds@gac.edu" >Hi!Again! >PLEASE tell me what I'm doing wrong! >I want to d/l the Joust game in to my hp48. >I have it in my calc right now, used ASC->, and get '"**Joust by Zoom %..."' >I guess I'm on the right track, but what do I do from here?! >How do I actually START?!?! >It isn't obvious to me-I pressed enter and cont and all,...I >just thought it would be as easy as the Tetris game to get going,... > >Thanks. > >Dan Stephenson The problem here is that Joust is not a normal program. It is a string that is used by a program called Super-Chip to then run program. There are a couple programs that I have seen written for it and its previous version called Chip. You will need to obtain Super-Chip before you can play joust. Super-Chip was posted recently, I don't know if it is at a ftp site yet, but I know Chip is. >I recently obtained Tetris for my 48sx, and transferred it using Kermit as >"TETRIS.48". Now, though, it seems that the 48sx does not like the '.' in >the variable name, and refuses to let me rename/delete/edit it. >Can someone give me some hints as to what I should do? I don't really feel >like purging the entire memory and restoring the files. (Which is what I'm on >the verge of doing!). > >--Jeff > >Jeff Tarr, Jr. >Sysop: AppleSauce BBS - 212/721-4122 Apple II and Macintosh Support. The problem here is that your HP has the Fraction Mark set. If you goto the modes menu and select prev to see the last menu choices you will see FM, it will have a box in it meaning its set press it once to take it off and everything should be okay. I had the same problem at one time and it just to a bit off checking of my flags and reading the manual to see what each did ( I just got my HP a the beginning of this quarter) to learn what the problem was. I hope these answers help, I sure appreciate the help I've recieved on here on the questions I've asked or would of asked if someoneelse already hadn't before I did. David DBOREN@cc.Weber.EDU "Still learning, slowly but surely"