Re: DATA I/O 29B

At 05:24 PM 3/13/00 -0800, John wrote:
>Anyone using this with an IBM compatible and able to use function 16 (Raw
>Binary)? What revision of software is you base unit? Would it be possible
>to get a copy? Arghhh... I find the 29B to be very effective programmer,
>but it is frustrating to burn old PROMS by first copying the data to a 2716
>to get it into the RAM on the 29B!
>

This incompatibility always bugged me and it's the reason I got a Needham's
PB-10. The Data I/O translation format 10 'Binary' is NOT raw binary it can't
use the binaries that are found on the web. From the Data I/O manual:

"Binary Transfer, Code 10
Data transfer in the Binary format consists of a stream of 8-bit data words
preceeded by a byte count and followed by a sum-check. The Binary format
does not have addresses."

The files you get from the net are just data, no framing information. I've
never found a way to use these with a 29B. What you CAN try is use the PB-10
software (free download) to translate the binary to ASCII-HEX then upload
the converted file using Translation Code 50 (ASCII-HEX SPACE). It's been
years since I tried this but I seem to remember it was a easy work-around.

David Fish "We want...Information. INFORMATION
Melrose, MA USA You won't get it!
   fishd@tiac.net By hook or by crook we will"
   dfish@bev.etn.com _The Prisoner_

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Received on Mon Mar 13 21:40:36 2000