Batch on the fly
Version 1 · Bob Halsall
Description
The HP Palmtop Paper FLY creates and executes a batch file on the fly. If you have a dozen things to do, and you don't want to use an editor to make a batch file, just use fly, and enter your batch commands "on the fly". When your'e done, just hit carriage return, and fly will execute the batch file it has created. Freeware.
Technical details
- File
fly.zip- Size
- 6.2 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1987
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1998-12-20
- Files inside
- 2
- Author
- Bob Halsall
- Path
anonftp/pub/fly.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 1.1 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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FLY.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 8.1 KB
No need to put
FLY.DOC:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 1.1 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy FLY.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.
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.