ANSI.COM
Version 2.0 · Michael Mefford
Description
The HP Palmtop Paper This file is a slower version of the ANSI.SYS screen driver. The advantage is that it can be run when needed and unloaded from the Palmtop's memory when it is no longer needed. The program is useful for Ansi-based text-graphics programs. Copyrighted Freeware.
Technical details
- File
ansi_com.zip- Size
- 3.9 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1988
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-12-20
- Files inside
- 2
- Author
- Michael Mefford
- Path
anonftp/pub/ansi_com.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 2.2 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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ANSI.COM→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 2.8 KB
No need to put
ANSI.DOC:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 2.2 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy ANSI.COM to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.
Package contents
Send to my palmtop
The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.
Your browser cannot talk to the serial port. Direct sending uses the Web Serial API, which only exists in Chrome, Edge and Opera on desktop — not in Firefox, Safari or any mobile browser.
Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.