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Dlg10

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Description

DLG Viewer 1.0 - USGS DLG Viewer and GPS Moving Map Display DLG Viewer is a United States Geological Service (USGS) Digital Line Graph (DLG) viewing and GPS moving map display utility. DLG is a DOS program ideally suited to run on the HP 200LX Palmtop computer. Since it is a plain DOS program, it will run on any DOS compatible computer. However, the program supports only the CGA display. Features: o reads USGS 100k optional format DLG. o zooms in a window within the area represented in the DLG file.

Description extracted automatically from the documentation inside the package: this entry was not in the original catalogue.

Technical details

File
dlg10.zip
Size
142.1 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1998
Files inside
7
Path
anonftp/pub/dlg10.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 235.3 KB

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

  • DLG.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 41.8 KB

No need to put SALNVY08.DLG, BIGBEAR.DLB, DEATHVLY.TRK, EXCLUDE.EXL, DLG.DOC, LINESTYL.STY: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 235.3 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy DLG.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 
Quick start:

Demo 1: load a DLG, scroll around, and save in the proprietary
binary format

    1.  dlg -h640 salnvy08.dlg<Enter>             ! at C:\DLG\>
    2.  <Esc>                                       ! at prompt
    3.  <arrow keys>, <Pg Up/Down>, <Home>, <End>        ! move
    4.  ctrl^<Pg Up/Down>, ctrl^<Home>, ctrl^<End>     ! scroll
    5.  s                              ! after map is displayed
    6.  salnvy08.dlb                      ! save in .dlb format
    7.  <F1>      // display help screen
    8.  <Esc>     // clear help screen
    9.  q

Demo 2: load the proprietary format .dlb file and play back a
GPS track file recorded by Garmin 12XL

    1.  dlg salnvy08.dlb<Enter>                   ! at C:\DLG\>
    2.  k
    3.  deathvly.trk<Enter>
    4.  5<Enter>                                ! a small delay
    5.                        ! watch the cursor track the road
    6.  t                                          ! draw track
    7.  ! as the track get closer to the border the screen will
                      flash as it attempts to centre the cursor
    8.  c                                 ! disable auto centre
    9.   ! as the track get closer to the top right corner, the
                                 cursor flashes in the readouts
    10. r                     ! moves the readouts to the right
    12. m                                       ! zoom in again
    13. m                                      ! back to normal

Demo 3: load a DLG of a more urburnized area (Big Bear,
Califirnia), scroll around, and see more features

    1.  dlg bigbear.dlb<Enter>                    ! at C:\DLG\>
    2.  <Esc>                                       ! at prompt
    3.  <arrow keys>, <Pg Up/Down>, <Home>, <End>        ! move
…

Literal excerpt from DLG.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.

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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