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HPLX Periodic Table

Version 1.0 · Matt Glasgow

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Screenshot of HPLX Periodic Table
Original screenshot from the S.U.P.E.R. archive.

Description

An electronic periodic table optimized for the HPLX, but will also run on the desktop. Allows you to add free-form notes to each element. Copyrighted freeware.

Technical details

File
periodic2.zip
Size
48.4 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1999
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1999-07-12
Files inside
5
Author
Matt Glasgow
Path
anonftp/pub/periodic2.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 13.3 KB

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

  • periodic.com → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 42.1 KB
  • periodic.dat → A:\_DAT configuración 39.4 KB
  • periodic.icn → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B

No need to put periodic.txt, periodic.pcx: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 13.3 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy periodic.com 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 periodic.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.
  4. 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
APPENDIX: Installation on the HPLX.

Unzip/copy all files into the same directory (the naming of which is unimportant, but A:\PERIODIC\ would do as an example.

From the Application Manager desktop, press F2 (ADD).

Input the following data as required:

 Name:      PERIODIC
 Path:      a:\periodic\periodic.com|
 Comments:  ¿
 Icon:      (should automatically display icon when selected)

And hit F10 when done.

Literal excerpt from periodic.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.

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