BIGED
Version 1.0 · Hexagon Products
Description
The HP Palmtop Paper Now you can edit DOS text files using extremely large characters. What makes this interesting: you can use the ALT-Z keys to magnify the text. You can also press Fn ZOOM to get other sized fonts. You might not like to use this editor, but it's worth a look-see. Shareware
Technical details
- File
biged.zip- Size
- 56.9 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1990
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-12-20
- Files inside
- 3
- Author
- Hexagon Products
- Path
anonftp/pub/biged.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 66.8 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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BEDIT.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 37.4 KB
No need to put
BEDIT.DOC, CHARS:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 66.8 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy BEDIT.EXE 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.
The author's instructions
6 Getting Started 7 Changing the Display 8 Moving Around 11 Entering Data 12 Saving Your Work 13 Line Commands 14 Block Commands 16 Search and Translate 17 File Commands 18 Windows REFERENCE 20 ABOVE (ALT-A) 20 BELOW (ALT-B) 20 BLOCK (ALT-K) 22 COPY (ALT-C) 24 DELETE (ALT-D) 24 DELETE BLOCK (CTLK-Y) 25 EXIT (ALT-X) 26 FILENAME (ALT-F) 27 GOTO (ALT-G) 28 HELP (ALT-H) 29 INPUT (ALT-I) 29 INSERT CONTROL (CTL-P) 30 JOINFILE (ALT-J) 31 LOAD FONT (ALT-L) 32 MOVE (ALT-M) 33 NEWFILE (ALT-N) 34 OPTIONS (ALT-O) 35 PRINT (ALT-P) 35 QUIT (ALT-Q) 35 REFORMAT (CTL-B) 36 RESEARCH (ALT-R) 36 SEARCH (ALT-S) 38 TRANSLATE (ALT-T) 39 UNDO (ALT-U) 40 VIDEO (ALT-V) 41 WINDOW1 (F1) 41 WINDOW2 (F2) 42 WRITE (ALT-W) 43 ZOOM (ALT-Z) Quick Reference 44 ALT-Letter Commands 45 Function Keys 46 Miscellaneous 46 CTL-Letter Commands 48 CTL-K-Letter Commands 48 CTL-Q-Letter Commands 49 Disk Vendors, BBS's, Users Groups 50 Shareware 50 Registration 51 BEDIT 1.1 Registration Form BEDIT - A Large Character Text Editor Part of the B-WARE family Copyright Hexagon Products 1989 Version 1.1 October, 1989 Introduction BEDIT BEDIT is a text editor that uses a variety of character sizes to display all output, including help and error messages. The characters range from normal text size to large block characters that each take up 4 standard rows and 8 standard columns. When run on video cards and monitors that support graphics, BEDIT offers a wide selection of display sizes. BEDIT was originally written to make a low-price editor available to users with vision impairment but might also be used on laptops, which tend to impair everyone's vision. BEDIT is shareware for $30. For information …
Literal excerpt from BEDIT.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.
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.