ConvertLX
Version 1.0 · John McDonald
Description
ConvertLX is a PAL program that converts between hundreds of different units in the following categories: area, linear, liquid, speed, temperature, time, volume, and weight. Copyrighted freeware. Portions copyright The PAL Group. (This is a bugfix version.)
Technical details
- File
convrtlx.zip- Size
- 34.9 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1998
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-08-26
- Files inside
- 13
- Author
- John McDonald
- Path
anonftp/pub/convrtlx.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 17.8 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
-
CONVERT.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 41.9 KB -
CONVERT.ICN→ A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B -
AREA.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 463 B -
LINEAR.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 1.3 KB -
LIQUID.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 1.3 KB -
SPEED.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 350 B -
TEMP.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 94 B -
TIME.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 201 B -
VOLUME.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 1005 B -
WEIGHT.DAT→ A:\_DAT configuración 919 B
No need to put
CONVERT.HLP, INSTALL.TXT, CONVERT.TXT:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 17.8 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy CONVERT.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.
- Copy AREA.DAT, LINEAR.DAT, LIQUID.DAT, SPEED.DAT, TEMP.DAT, TIME.DAT, VOLUME.DAT, WEIGHT.DAT to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
- If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.
- The .ICN files are icons: they go in the same folder as their application.
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
Installation instructions for ConvertLX Table of Contents
Literal excerpt from INSTALL.TXT, 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.