Re: ILVideo80 "HP 92198" : how it works?
Posted:
Thu May 26, 2022 11:50 am
by jeffcalc
mike-stgt wrote:In contrast to other programs simulating a single virtual IL device ILPer is quite handy and offers a bundle of the mostly used ones. The description shows how their internal sequence may be altered. Result see screen shot below. First I executed LCAT, its output is automatically displayed on the video device, next I did SF 15 to get following commands traced. 3 SELECT is still shown on the 82163A while DIR and its output is printed on the ILPer display as requested.
OK, in
that setup, changing the device order allowed you to get the DIR output to the ILPer printer window.
We could just have removed the 92198.
But I'm sure you understood what I meant: in a
certain configuration (to be clear: with ILPer and an extra printer/display in a certain order, and HP-IL module only), you won't be able to get some DIR output to a some device - in your setup, getting DIR output of 2nd drive to the 82163 device - due to the limitation of the SELECT command.
With extra special modules, it could be possible (for instance the X-IL; see how to do it?).
BTW, what is
LCAT? Not in the HP-IL module and not in usual HP-IL extensions (X-IO, X-IL)
HTH
M.
At least it's fun to discuss on HP-IL!
J-F
Re: ILVideo80 "HP 92198" : how it works?
Posted:
Thu May 26, 2022 2:14 pm
by mike-stgt
jeffcalc wrote:We could just have removed the 92198.
The
impossible task was to have two printing devices within the loop, one within ILPer and another one. Removing the 92198 is a different setup
But I'm sure you understood what I meant...
Yes, today I did, probably. No doubt the HP71B is much more flexible with its
PRINTER IS and
DISPLAY IS settings.
BTW, what is LCAT? Not in the HP-IL module and not in usual HP-IL extensions (X-IO, X-IL)
See in Warren's archive "82183A Extended IO Module.pdf", Appendix C 'Examples', Printing an HP-IL Device Directory (The LCAT Program), p. 75 ff.
HTH
M.
At least it's fun to discuss on HP-IL!
J-F
First, my "HTH" was rather meant for others, not aimed in your direction -- because regarding HP-IL it's mostly me who has questions and you do have the answers.
Second, for sure it's fun to discuss about HP-IL and its virtual counterpart, especially if the questions are not too far off topic
and if there are still experts to find solutions (without guesswork). For example, TACS during SDA is in my device simulators commented with "WTF" (Woot!? That's funny...) since I did not find any description yet. Currently I use a work around that works. Unsatisfying, not the canonical way, guesswork I dislike.
Re: ILVideo80 "HP 92198" : how it works?
Posted:
Thu May 26, 2022 3:44 pm
by floppy_stuttgart
Thanks. I was learning the HP IL. (see Manual HP-IL Chapter 4).
When starting my setup, "XEQ DIR" in the HP41. The output went to "Ilper" Printer.
When putting "2" in X, then "XEQ SELECT", the "XEQ DIR" was the IL-Video.
When putting "1" in X, then "XEQ SELECT", the "XEQ DIR" was the IL-Printer.
Re: ILVideo80 "HP 92198" : how it works?
Posted:
Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:52 pm
by Garth
Since this topic seems to have run its course, I thought I'd address something that's frequently a difficulty for non-native English speakers, the matter of how to ask a question in English. Hopefully some will find it helpful.
"How it works" is a method, a noun clause, not a question. When questions start with "How," "Why," "Where," "When," "Who," etc., the next word generally needs to be a modal, like "can," "could," "will," "would," "shall," "should," "may," "might," and "must," and in some cases, "do," "does," "did," "is," "are," "was," and "were" can be used as modals. There might be some I'm forgetting. Modals are a type of verb. The easiest giveaway that one is a modal might be that you cannot put "to" in front of it, like "to can," "to shall," etc. which are incorrect. Also, the 3rd-person form does not take on the s at the end like non-modal verbs do, like "he walks," "he works," etc..
So the "How" question would be "How does it work?" (not "How it works"?) The one about buffer interference can be asked various ways, like "How do you avoid buffer interference?" or "How can I avoid buffer interference?" or "How is buffer interference avoided?" (but not "How to avoid buffer interference?")