HP-UX Technical Basic Utilities release 5.0 disc
	      Part No. 82860-12008
        (c) Copyright 1984, Hewlett-Packard Co.


This disc contains the following files.  Brief descptions of
what these files are for are given below.

upload		- A program to transfer Series 80 files to HP-UX 
		  Technical BASIC.

upload_doc	- A text file describing how to use the upload program.

download	- A program to transfer HP-UX text and Tech BASIC files
		  to Series 80 computers.

download_doc	- A text file describing how to use the download program.

bas_start	- This actually starts basic for the auto start file.
		  It can only be used when auto starting. (See below)

prep_sys	- Prepare system to remove disc bug.
		  (needed for HP-UX version 1.0.0 only)

prep_sys.data	- Data needed by prep_sys
		  (needed for HP-UX version 1.0.0 only)

hpil.b.		- The HPIL card driver.

os_nam.1.0.0	- Addresses needed in the OS. Must be with any driver
		  you wish to load.
		  (needed for HP-UX version 1.0.0 only)

os_nam.5.0.0	- Addresses needed in the OS. Must be with any driver
		  you wish to load.
		  (needed for HP-UX version 5.0 only)



		How to auto start HP Technical Basic

To have the OS automatically start up BASIC at power on a special file
called 'Autost' must to be created (e.g. with 'vi') and saved in the
same disc that contains the BASIC interpreter. The Autost file may
contain additional instructions for the OS, such as loading of specific
programs or drivers. In particular, if HP-UX version 1.0.0 is being used,
the OS Real Time Extension package needs to be loaded before bringing
BASIC up. The following are examples of Autost files for both versions
of the OS:


   Autost (Version 1.0.0)			

   /rom/scan_discs		- scan for drives connected to IPC
   prep_sys > /dev/null		- fixes disc problem (version 1.0.0)
   load_rt > /dev/null		- loads realtime extensions
   bas_start & basic  		- starts up BASIC		


   Autost (Version 5.0)

   bas_start first_prog & basic	- starts up BASIC and runs 'first_prog'

Please note that first_prog must be a STOREd Basic program and that if
you do not include a program name after 'bas_start' and before the '&'
then Basic will be brought up and left in calculator mode.  If you put
an '&' after basic then PAM will be brought up as well as Basic, if
not then PAM will not be brought up and the Autost process will contiue
to execute until Basic is halted.  Note that this will require some
memory.



		Manual Updates on Technical Basic

Please be aware of the following exceptions of ROM BASIC version 5.0
and disc BASIC 5.0.  

1 	While you can enter the character code 255 by using the string
  	~255, the character will be displayed or printed as a comma
	when it is listed.  For example:

	10 A$="A~255B"

	This statement will be listed as:

	10 A$="A,B"

	When the program is run, the value assigned to A$ remains 255.
	Because the character 255 is listed as a comma, do not edit
	the line containing character 255 without changing the comma
	back to ~255.


2       The REPLACEVAR command requires that the program be deallocated
	in order to replace variable names. A program is allocated after
	the INIT or RUN commands have been executed, and deallocated 
	whenever the program is loaded or edited (the DIRECTORY command
	shows the current status). 

	If the REPLACEVAR command is used on an allocated program the
	replacement won't take place, instead the program will be 
 	deallocated. A second execution of the same command will carry
	out the replacement.