18 Feb
2011
18 Feb
'11
4:42 p.m.
Does anyone have a clue on how to interpret the binary (STORE
format?) form of Rocky Mountain BASIC as used on an HP9826?
Thanks,
Chuck
19 Feb
19 Feb
5:55 a.m.
Use a HP 9000/200 series to load the program and then save it to ascii with
the 'SAVE' command (lif disc).
Or use a Viper board to SAVE it to DOS ASCII format.
-Rik
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Onderwerp: HP9826 Rocky Mountain BASCI
Does anyone have a clue on how to interpret the binary (STORE
format?) form of Rocky Mountain BASIC as used on an HP9826?
Thanks,
Chuck
8:19 a.m.
On 19 Feb 2011 at 14:55, Rik Bos wrote:
Use a HP 9000/200 series to load the program and then
save it to ascii
with the 'SAVE' command (lif disc). Or use a Viper board to SAVE it to
DOS ASCII format.
Am I to understand then that the internal binary format of RM/HP
BASIC is undocumented and unknown? This seems strange for HP, who
usually could be expected to document such stuff.
The reason that I ask is that the customer has many disks full of the
stuff and loading/SAVEing one file at a time is going to be a very
long procedure.
The best solution would be a batch conversion of both the programs
and the data on the disks to PC-readable format.
(And yes, he's got a 9121 3.5" drive that he's using to store them.
Are there perhaps any 9826 emulators available that might be used for
this in batch mode?
--Chuck
10:16 a.m.
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Namens Chuck Guzis
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Onderwerp: RE: HP9826 Rocky Mountain BASCI
On 19 Feb 2011 at 14:55, Rik Bos wrote:
Use a HP 9000/200 series to load the program and then
save it to ascii
with the 'SAVE' command (lif disc). Or use a Viper board to SAVE it to
DOS ASCII format.
Am I to understand then that the internal binary format of RM/HP BASIC is
undocumented and unknown? This seems strange for HP, who usually could be
expected to document such stuff.
The reason that I ask is that the customer has many disks full of the stuff
and loading/SAVEing one file at a time is going to be a very long procedure.
The best solution would be a batch conversion of both the programs and the
data on the disks to PC-readable format.
(And yes, he's got a 9121 3.5" drive that he's using to store them.
Are there perhaps any 9826 emulators available that might be used for this
in batch mode?
--Chuck
For the HP-85 it's there, but it has other tokens.
The commercial interest of RMB is a lot higher than for example HP-85 Basic,
everything is sold to TransEra in the 90's.
TAMS basic will read the files, it's now HTBasic but it costs a lot and the
demo just works 30min.
Otherwise try to get a viper board, you can place it in a ISA-machine and
use the utils to convert the files.
-Rik
1:44 p.m.
On 19 Feb 2011 at 19:16, Rik Bos wrote:
For the HP-85 it's there, but it has other
tokens.
The commercial interest of RMB is a lot higher than for example HP-85
Basic, everything is sold to TransEra in the 90's. TAMS basic will
read the files, it's now HTBasic but it costs a lot and the demo just
works 30min. Otherwise try to get a viper board, you can place it in a
ISA-machine and use the utils to convert the files.
Thanks, Rik.
I decided to take the coward's way out and refer him to TransEra.
They claim not only to have HTBasic, but also other support services.
There's a fair chance that he might find what he needs there.
--Chuck
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