VoyagerSave source code

[Idnarn]

(10-17-2024 05:22 PM)Thomas Klemm Wrote:  

(10-17-2024 04:07 PM)Idnarn Wrote:  I will ask if I have doubts. I think I want this to work with a nonpareil calculator state. But a way to write programs in text and load them into nonpareil would be awesome too (like Torsten Manz's simulator).

You may check: Effective Computer-aided Calculator Programming - Part 1 - Voyager

It's written in Perl but you might just use it as a starting point.
At that time the HP-10C was not provided yet and I would probably use UTF-8 nowadays instead of ASCII to print the programs.

Thank you for the pointer Thomas, and the vcomp.pl program. The workflow then would be something like:

• Save the calculator state using voyager-save.py
• Use missing program that will convert the dump file to the text input format for vcomp.pl
• vcomp.pl converts textual program to Nonpareil's NCD files (it appears vcomp.pl may need a patch to fix warnings with the current version of Nonpareil)
• Use Nonpareil with the NCD state
  

The reverse is:

• vcomp.pl "lists" Nonpareil's NCD files in plain text (vcomp.pl may need a minor patch for plain text)
• Missing program that will convert the plain text file into HP 15C collectors edition save file format
• Load the calculator state to the calculator using voyager-load.py
  

I dumped the VBA subroutines from Pierre's xls spreadsheet using olevba from Python oletools library, and I think I follow the ReadMem() subroutine in it. I'll attempt to write the missing programs in the lists above soon in Python.

With that, I think we'll have everything we need to write programs, test them, transfer them, etc. on any common operating system.