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PETOOLS 11 System Extension
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PETOOLS System Extension and Applications for it
For the PC-1403H and the PC-1403
Introduction
PETOOLS 1.1 is a set of machine language routines, which extends the possibilities
of your sharp in graphics, sound and other functions. It comes with a
GPL and without warranty of any kind. With PETOOLS
1.1 it is possible, to write powerful basic programs easier. It is also
easier, to port programs from the PC-1500 to use them with the PC-1403(H).
What's new in 1.1 (compared to 1.0)?
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The BREAK key is respected more frequently in operations that need time
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Possibility to ensure the type of standard variables (number, string) without
getting an error (INITS, INITN)
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Mixing text and graphics is possible flicker-free now (important for games)
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Non-blocking read of the keyboard with evaluation of all keys except BREAK
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RS 232 support (optional) with 4800 baud. Upload and download of files is
more than 10 times faster compared to the tape interface (and silent ...)
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Remote operation of upload and download possible (with a standard terminal program)
Installation
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Download the PETOOLS 1.1 installation program: peload.bas
or peloadse.bas if you like to have the serial port extension
(needs some extra hardware like the universal serial interface also described on this
site).
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Transfer it to your PC-1403(H) and run it 1).
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Follow the instructions on the display. Warning: During the installation
process, all data will be deleted from your PC-1403(H).
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After a few minutes, the installation process is complete. Switch back
to RUN-mode (The installation program leaves the PC-1403(H) in PRO-mode).
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To check your installation and see the possibilities of PETOOLS 1.1, download
pedemo.bas , transfer it to your PC-1403(H) and
run it.
Hint: If you loaded machine language programs before, it's a good idea
to press the ALL RESET-button before installing PETOOLS 1.1.
Programs using PETOOLS
... you can find in the PC-1403(H) File Archive
Using the Serial Interface
Hardware
You can find the hardware to connect your PC-1403 to the serial
port of your big PC here.
There was an article in C'T (www.heise.de)
which describes a hardware that can also be used with PETOOLS 1.1.
Software for the big PC
You can use any terminal program you want. If you use TeraTerm, I
have prepared a Zip, which contains
a *.ini file for TeraTerm, a macro for TeraTerm, which handles
all the communication and a tokeniser/detokeniser which does
the job of converting the basic tokens to strings and back
(called by the TeraTerm macro).
API Documentation
The API documentation includes a description of every machine language
routine and also instructions how to build PETOOLS 1.1. Here is the link:
PETOOLS 1.1 - Reference
1) Hint: You can install PETOOLS 1.1 without check of data integrity
by typing "NOCHK" and DEF-S. This is faster, but more insecure.
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