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WayneL
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Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject:
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Hi
Can Anyone let me know where I can get a copy of HP Basic? Not HT Basic.
Cheers
Wayne
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Robert Baer
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Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:10 am Post subject:
Re: HP Basic |
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WayneL wrote:
| Quote: | Hi
Can Anyone let me know where I can get a copy of HP Basic? Not HT Basic.
Cheers
Wayne
HP Basic only ran on HP computers; a variant ran on the old BTI |
timeshare computers.
If you have a number of HP basic programs (printed out; i do not read
punch paper tape any longer), i could convert them to M$ Basic and even
compile them as well... |
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WayneL
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Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject:
Re: HP Basic |
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Hi Robert
What is M$ Basic?
Cheers
Wayne
"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | WayneL wrote:
Hi
Can Anyone let me know where I can get a copy of HP Basic? Not HT Basic.
Cheers
Wayne
HP Basic only ran on HP computers; a variant ran on the old BTI
timeshare computers.
If you have a number of HP basic programs (printed out; i do not read
punch paper tape any longer), i could convert them to M$ Basic and even
compile them as well... |
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Oliver Hannaford-Day
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:10 am Post subject:
Re: HP Basic |
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Hi,
Had to jump in here and say wow, someone who doesnt know about Microsoft.
;-)
PS: Its Microsoft Basic |
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Robert Baer
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:10 am Post subject:
Re: HP Basic |
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Oliver Hannaford-Day wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
What is M$ Basic?
Had to jump in here and say wow, someone who doesnt know about Microsoft.
;-)
PS: Its Microsoft Basic
Yup! |
I can also handle CBASIC (source conversion to Micro$uck BASIC). |
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WayneL
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:
Re: HP Basic |
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Hi
Can I access a GPIB interface with MS Basic or CBasic or any there DOS
basic?
Wayne
"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Oliver Hannaford-Day wrote:
Hi,
What is M$ Basic?
Had to jump in here and say wow, someone who doesnt know about Microsoft.
;-)
PS: Its Microsoft Basic
Yup!
I can also handle CBASIC (source conversion to Micro$uck BASIC). |
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Robert Baer
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Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:10 am Post subject:
Re: HP Basic |
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WayneL wrote:
| Quote: | Hi
Can I access a GPIB interface with MS Basic or CBasic or any there DOS
basic?
Wayne
"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Oliver Hannaford-Day wrote:
Hi,
What is M$ Basic?
Had to jump in here and say wow, someone who doesnt know about Microsoft.
;-)
PS: Its Microsoft Basic
Yup!
I can also handle CBASIC (source conversion to Micro$uck BASIC).
You can use almost any programming language available for PCs, |
including COBOL.
The requirement is that the language has the capability of either
hardware I/O or calling an external (compiled) machine language
interface; the majority of them can do both.
For BASIC variants, one can use either the interpreted or the
compiled program; for REXX, it is always interpreted; 16 bit code
FORTRAN can do direct I/O and maybe the same could be said for COBOL; 32
bit code will have to call an external routine.
See if you can get a copy of the program set that came with the old
GPIB cards (late? 1980s to mid? 1990s).
That set included source and binaries for full support of any GPIB
instrument that you could get the programming instructions for.
Languages were BASIC, Pascal, Assembly, maybe C, and i do not
remember what others.
Careful look at them will show both approaches (direct I/O or routine
calls) for most of the languages. |
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Gerard Bok
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Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:
Re: HP Basic |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:31:31 GMT, "WayneL"
<home@wlawson-nomorespam.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | Can I access a GPIB interface with MS Basic or CBasic or any there DOS
basic?
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Almost any 'Basic' will do.
What you need is a decent API.
National Instrument's must have one as they have been around for
ages, and no doubt their fabulous LabView had a dos predecessor.
Or take a look at
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/freew.html
OK, it's in german. But simply search for 'GPIB' on that page and
you will find a .zip with lots of information.
I think, you will be able to 'read' it without specific german
language knowledge. (It's 'programmers speak')
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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok |
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