HTBasic for DOS

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HTBasic for DOS

Features

DOS Version

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Features

Provides the language and environment of an HP 9000 Series 200/300 BASlC workstation for the 386, 486, Pentium etc. personal computers
Includes matrix math, complex numbers and structured programming
Uses fast 32-bit protected mode and utilizes available extended memory
Device independent graphics to screen, plotter or printer
Supports high resolution Super-VGA graphic adapters and 256 colors
Supports HPGL/HPGL2 compatible plotters and Epson, IBM, Postscript and HP compatible printers
Exports, PCX, GIF, DXF and HPGL files
HELP on-line Reference Manual
LIF diskette transfer utilities

DOS Version
The HTBasic DOS version runs as an application under the DOS operating system. All of the features of DOS are available to HTBasic programs including industry standard networking systems, all of the popular software applications, the DOS hierarchical file system and extendable files.

Program and data files can be freely interchanged between the two versions. Utilities are supplied to copy programs and data files stored in BDAT, ASCII and HP-UX format between LIF format floppy diskettes and DOS disks.

An Installing and Using Manual, User's Guide, Reference Manual, RS-232 Serial and IEEE-488 controller card drivers, data acquisition card drivers, keyboard templates and technical support are included.

The DOS version runs only on IBM PCs or 100% compatibles that feature a 386, 486 or Pentium-type processor. A 387 or 487 math coprocessor is highly recommended.

It requires 2MB of memory and supports up to 16MB of memory. It makes available for user programs and data about 1MB less than the total memory in the computer. Only extended memory is supported, not expanded memory.

It also supports CSUBs produced by the Numeric Compiler, the Advanced Math Library and compiled CSUBs generated with the HTBasic CSUB Toolkit.

Instrument Control
Loadable device drivers for almost every PC IEEE-488 card available and the most popular PC data acquisition cards get you up and running fast.

Serial (RS-232) communication is interrupt driven and can use hardware or software (XON/XOFF) handshaking. Up to 16 serial ports are supported.

Data Presentation
The display drivers support the Hercules Monochrome, CGA, EGA, VGA, most Super-VGA displays in both 16 color and 256 color modes and graphics accelerator cards containing either the S3 or ATI chip sets.

HTBasic also provides drivers for Epson, IBM, Postscript and HP compatible printers, HPGL or HPGL/2 printers and plotters, PCX, GIF and DXF AutoCAD interchange file drivers. Color HP-PCL printers are also supported.

A MicroSoft compatible mouse or any touch-screen, digitizer, light pen, etc. which is MicroSoft mouse compatible can be used with HTBasic.

Data Analysis
Complex numbers, matrix math operations and multi-megabyte arrays all all supported by HTBasic.

Add the Advanced Math Library for highly optimized functions such as curve fitting, signal processing and an FFT routine capable of doing 34 1024-point FFTs per second on a 50 MHz-486.

The HTBasic Numeric Compiler provides significant performance increases for compiled math operations.

Transfer Utilities
HTBasic's transfer utilities allow you to effortlessly port your current HP BASIC data and program files between HP Series 200/300 workstations and PCs. Once transferred, programs can be run with little or no change avoiding time consuming and costly program rewrites.

System Requirements
IBM PC, or 100% compatible with DOS 3.0 or later and 2 MBytes of RAM. A 386/486/Pentium class processor is required. Numeric coprocessor or internal numeric processor is strongly recommended. Hercules monochrome, CGA, EGA, VGA, Super-VGA graphics adapters. Distribution media is 3.5" floppy diskette.

Ordering Information

Item number

Item description

HTB 386	HT-Basic DOS 386 v5.02 (legacy)
HTB 386/E	HT-Basic DOS 386 runtime license (legacy)
HTB LWS	HT-Basic Workshop