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From: cain@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Gary Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP48SX Questions
Message-ID: <19440001@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Mar 90 21:18:01 GMT
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/ hpfcdj:comp.sys.handhelds / prestonb@hpcvra.CV.HP.COM (Preston Brown) /  1:22 pm  Mar  7, 1990 /
 
>>There is supposedly a hardware I/O port on the 48SX, into which
>>you can plug a RS232C cable(HP82208A). You can order this without
>>any software(Opt. 1AW). Does this mean that there is NO special format
>>and i'll have no problem transferring data to and from my amiga?(i.e.
>>no special software needed besides Kermit) 
> 
>Kermit is all you need.  In fact, buying the cable alone is the best
>option for the amiga (the DOS programs included with PC-LINK wonldn't
>work anyway).  I believe the cable lists for $35.

So what exactly does the software do other than Kermit transferrs?

1. Can you display graphic on the larger PC screen, or would you transfer the 
   data and have the a program on the PC display it?

2. Are the programs transferred in ASCII so that you can use a full keyboard
   and text editor to enter in long programs and then move them to the HP-48sx?


Gary Cain