S.U.P.E.R. HP 200LX Archive
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Conversation Simulator

Version 1.0 · Claude Duguay

Game
Download 148.6 KB

Description

The HP Palmtop Paper If you ever played with a program called ELIZA then you'll get the idea of Dialog. It will try to engage you in a conversation about anything. Is this an example of artificial intelligence or artificial stupidity?! Freeware.

Technical details

File
dialog.zip
Size
148.6 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1991
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-12-20
Files inside
7
Author
Claude Duguay
Path
anonftp/pub/dialog.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 31.5 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • DIALOG.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 219.1 KB
  • DIALOG.CFG → A:\_DAT configuración 4.1 KB
  • DIALOG.DAT → A:\_DAT configuración 54.4 KB
  • README.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 18 B

No need to put DIALOG.HLP, DIALOG.NEW, README.1ST: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 31.5 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy DIALOG.EXE, README.BAT 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.
  2. Copy DIALOG.CFG, DIALOG.DAT to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
  3. 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.

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.

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.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →

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