Re: AppleSoft Basic to text

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 23:22:42 GMT, rich12345@my-deja.com wrote:

>I use this method to edit my robots BASIC programs in Hermes/Shadowrite
>on my IIgs.  It is slow to switch between BASIC and the finder with BYE
>because of the time it takes to mount all of the disks onto the desktop.

Like others have mentioned, there are better ways to do Applesoft
editting without having to switch back and forth between ProDOS 8 and
GS/OS.

>I'd like to setup my IIe with a super serial card, connected directly
>to the GS serial port.  From there, I'd load DOS into the IIe, edit
>programs with Hermes on the GS, and then send the programs directly to
>the IIe with the serial card
>
>On the IIe I'd type IN#2 (slot of the Serial card)
>on the IIgs I'd choose PRINT from Hermes
>
>MY QUESTION:  is there a printer driver for the GS that'll let me print
>to the IIe, and have it do no formatting, etc, so I get the program in
>the IIe's memory as if I'd EXEC'd a text file?

I'm not sure if there is a printer driver that will do this sort of
thing.  I just check the ImageWriter II driver's Text Only option but
it sends a bunch of garbage at the beginning of each line so I know it
doesn't work.

Is there any reason why you can use the editor in a communications
program to edit your source code and then to an ASCII transfer of that
code using the communications program?  For instance, you could use
the ProTERM or Spectrum editor on your IIgs to edit your program then
just send the editor text to your IIe after you do the IN#2 on it.

This way, if you happen to make a change to the program on the IIe you
can also send the program back to the IIgs by turning on your capture
buffer or using the scrollback buffer to capture a listing.  You can
do this by typing POKE 33,33 on the IIe followed by PR#2 then LIST.
You might need to be in 40 column mode for the POKE to work to help
with the formatting of the resulting list.

Just another method you might consider using.

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