From: uw-apl!apl-em!dunlap@beaver.cs.washington.edu
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 86 09:46:29 pst
Subject: HP9845 BASIC Kermit

Our HP9845's do not recognize the following:

Mass Storage Unit Specifier ":Q"
CCOM, CMODEL, CCONNECT, CDISCONNECT, CCONTROL, CSTAT, CWRITE, CREAD
Block if: IF THEN, ELSE, END IF on separate lines
Case selection: SELECT, CASE, END SELECT on separate lines

These keywords are in fact in ROMs we don't own.  According to our HP
service engineer:

	> Mass Storage Unit Specifier ":Q"

	This is the msus for the "HP7908" disc.

	> CCOM, CMODEL, CCONNECT, CDISCONNECT, CCONTROL, CSTAT, CWRITE, CREAD

	These commands are found in the Datacomm ROM, which can only  be used
	with the HP98046 Datacomm interface.

	> Block if: IF THEN, ELSE, END IF on separate lines
	> Case selection: SELECT, CASE, END SELECT on separate lines

	These are found in the Structured Programming ROM, along with many
	other useful commands like XREF and INDENT.

Since we don't have the above and have no plans to purchase I am considering
redoing the code a little to use the more common I/O ROM and HP98036 serial
interface.  I already have written a terminal emulator which performs quite
well (keeps up at 1200 bps) so I don't forsee any great difficulty.  On the 
down side I cannot say when I can get to it.

In any case there should be some words in the HP9845 kermit distribution
about the above ROMs and I/O cards being required.  I don't think the 
mass storage unit specifier (MSUS) problem is serious -- people can change 
that to their usual MSUS.

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