HP 95LX - Installing and Running System-Manager-Compliant Programs

Installing and Running
System-Manager-Compliant Programs
The eight built-in applications (Setup, Filer, Datacomm, Appointment Book,
Phone Book, Memo Editor, Lotus 1-2-3, and the Calculator) have been attached to
their keys via ROM instructions. However, you can attach up to eight additional
System-Manager-compliant programs (any program with an « EXMextension*) to
keys of your choice—so that you can access them just like built-in applications.
Attaching System-Manager-Compliant Programs to Keys
To see how this is done, try attaching the two games HP included in the US release
model of the HP 95LX: TigerFox and Hearts & Bones.* You will find two versions
of the TigerFox game—a DOS-executable version (TF . COM), located in the root
directory ofthe C2 drive; and a System Manager-compatible version (TFOX . EXIM)
located in the “hidden” _SY& subdirectory. Hearts & Bones comes only in a
System Manager version (HB .EXM), located in the — S45 subdirectory.
1. Before beginning this attachment procedure, it’s best to quit all built-in
applications and save all pending files to disk.
2. Then press(8)to move to the Memo Editor. Here, you must create a special text
file, called apname . 1st, that the System Manager reads when it attaches
the built-in applications to their keys upon start-up. The apname . 1st. file
contains up to eight lines (one line for each «E®M program you can attach).
Each includes the following three items, in order, and separated by commas:
* The pathname for the «EM version of the program.
The keycode for the key to which you want to attach the program.
¢ The name of the program, which the System Manager will use when
communicating with you about it. The nameis enclosed in quotation marks.
Thus, the format of each line is: pathname ,keycode "name"
*Warning: Never attempt to attach a DOS-based program (any with an EXE, .COM, or .BAT
extension) to a key—only «EXM programs—or else you may crash your system and lose data.
**These games are not available on machine versions with second language options—only on the
US version, whose serial number begins “ABA....”
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