Hoppi 1.3.2 Release

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(07-16-2016 09:43 PM)JDW Wrote:  Paul, is there a reason you chose KERMIT instead of XMODEM in Hoppi?

Well, I wanted something where the user interaction was driven from the calculator, and offered the potential to go beyond simple file/variable transfer. Since Kermit offers lots of features for remote command/script invocation and messaging, and RPL has built-in commands for Kermit packet generation, I thought Kermit would be a better fit.

My original plan was to implement enough of the Kermit protocol to work with the built-in "Transfer" app of the 48/49/50-series calculators, then to consider extending the functionality to other areas. So imagine my disappointment when I found that that app was apparently buggy on the 49G+, the only RPL calculator that I had at the time :-(

However, I then obtained a 48GX and found that "Transfer" works as expected, so I carried on :-)

Since then I have also obtained a 49G and a 50G, but found them also to be buggy :-(

So to cope with the bugginess I started writing my own Hoppi RPL library for the 49/50-series calculators, which is a bit rough'n'ready and still a work-in-progress, but gets the job done at the moment. I have plans for further development, but finding the time to do stuff is always a challenge.

Details on all this are included in the Hoppi Help pages, also supplied as PDFs in the download, and online at Hoppi Help.

Paul