Win98 version of the editor?

[steveo]

John,
My workshop PC is an old Dell P3, XP would kill it. Is there a version of the editor that runs on WIN 98?

I poked around Parallax's site but didn't find anything.


Thanks,

Steve

[JonnyMac]

Stehve,

You'll have to check with Parallax, but I think their editor will run on Win98.  If not, you could always use the old DOS editor but then you'd need to acquire (or build) the parallel port programming cable.

[steveo]

Unfortunately it doesn't run on 98. Is there any way to just write in notepad and download to the prop1?

[JonnyMac]

No.  The program gets compiled into tokens that are run by the PBASIC interpreter; the tokens (not your source file) are what gets downloaded to the Prop-1. 

If you must use that PC, the you can use the DOS editor -- not the easiest editor to work with, but it does work.  You'll need to build a cable to connect to your parallel port (no serial programming with the DOS editor); here's the schematic:



Note the << mark on the 3-pin [female] connector that aligns with the same mark on the Prop-1.

[steveo]

Thank Jon. Time to hack some old parallel port cables :)

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