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LX2WIN/WIN2LX

Version 1.2 · Paulo Custodio

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Description

LX2WIN/WIN2LX are filters that convert the international characters supported by the HP 200LX from the MS-DOS code page to the ISO Latin-1 character set used in windows, and vice versa. New version includes C source code and a perl library to allow filtering to be made by perl scripts. Copyrighted freeware.

Technical details

File
lx2win12.zip
Size
11.9 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1998
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-11-16
Files inside
7
Author
Paulo Custodio
Path
anonftp/pub/lx2win12.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 9.9 KB

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

  • LX2WIN.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 5.7 KB
  • WIN2LX.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 5.7 KB

No need to put README.TXT, LX2WIN.PL, LX2WIN.C, WIN2LX.C, VERSION.H: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 9.9 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy LX2WIN.EXE, WIN2LX.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
INSTALLATION
	Just copy lx2win.exe and win2lx.exe to some directory in your
	execution path.

	To use the perl library, copy the file lx2win.pl to your perl
	library directory, or to some directory pointed by the PERLLIB
	environment variable.

COPYRIGHT, DISTRIBUTION POLICY, DISCLAIMER
	This program is a copyrighted freeware. The copyright of this
	program is owned by its author, Paulo Custodio
	(Paulo.Custodio@snafu.de)

	The redistribution of this program is free under the condition
	that the whole package is kept intact. If you post this program
	to a BBS or ftp-site, please inform the author by e-mail.

	The author is not responsible for any damage, which may be
	caused by using, or inability to use, this software.

Literal excerpt from README.TXT, 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.

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