HP-71 Compu-LS module

[J-F Garnier]

(03-21-2017 10:56 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 09:22 PM)J-F Garnier Wrote:  Before adding the LIF header, the PC text file must be transformed to LIF1 (HP71 TEXT) format, if you want to load it directly with COPY :DOSLINK.

I concur, but in my defense, all the 71 text files in the swap archive (*.t71) are standard DOS text files. Using DOSLINK to import a text file is still a valid technique, but there are easier methods.

No need to defend yourself, we are just discussing on our common interest for old machines and systems :-)
I believe that the *.t71 was used as a reminder that these files come from the HP71. Or maybe the tool used to extract the files did the text file conversion automatically.
Actually, I never used so much this collection of SWAP individual files (except for the text files!), in the past I found that some files are corrupted (don't remember which) and I preferred to directly access the disc LIF images.
And yes, there are nowadays a lot of different tools and ways to manage these tasks around loading/transferring files between our HP machines and the computer world. That's great!

J-F