HP67 question

[Steve Simpkin]

(03-28-2021 01:49 AM)[kby] Wrote:  Someone with better 41c experience should chime in on whether this works or not (I have a 41c but none of the needed peripherals):

1. From the PC print a barcode version of the program
2. Read the barcode into the 41c via the optical wand
3. Use the card reader to write a card for the 67
4. Read the card on the -67.

My guesses as to what might not work:
1. Card reader on -41c only reads; doesn’t write
2. Bar code only readable in -41ese; nothing translate back into-67 op codes

-kby

While the HP-41C card reader can certainly write to cards, I don't believe it can write instructions that a HP-67 could understand.
From https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp41.htm, "The HP-41C was obviously not code compatible HP-67, however, a sophisticated translator was built into the card reader which translated programs to HP-41C code on the fly.".