Hardware Requirements; Hardware For Interfacing Your Personal Computer With The Basic Or Basic-T Module - Allen-Bradley 1747-PBASE Programming Manual

1-2 Installing the Software

Hardware Requirements

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• linedraw facility that lets you program graphic screens that translate into
BASIC and can be executed from the module
• simple text formatting features including intelligent word wrap and reformat,
indent and outdent
• mouse support to speed menu selections
• pop-up programmer's calculator with hex, decimal, octal and binary
operations, a simulated printing tape, and the ability to paste the result into a
program
• pop-up ASCII table with hexadecimal and decimal equivalents
• full EMS support where large files may be edited completely in EMS memory
• swap out memory to EMS memory or disk when running other programs or
large compiles
• user menus that you can create for rapidly selecting your most frequently
edited files, or for selecting frequently used programs installed in your personal
computer
• user-configurable default switch set-ups for search and replace, and multi-file
search functions
• multiple default directories based on file extensions (.bas files in one directory;
.bdl files in another)
The BASIC Development Software requires an MS-DOS compatible personal
computer with at least 640K byte available RAM installed and at least 2M byte of
available disk space on the hard drive. Your personal computer must be operating
with a DOS version between 3.1 and 6.22.
Your BASIC Development Software supports almost all video cards and video
modes. EGA 43 line and VGA 50 line modes are built in. Other video modes can
be configured using the command line. Refer to Chapter 3 for additional
information on configuring video modes.
The software supports Microsoft, MOUSE SYSTEMS, LOGITECH or any
compatible mouse. It also supports the Expanded Memory Specification 4.0 and
above.
Hardware for Interfacing Your Personal Computer with the BASIC or
BASIC-T Module
A minimum of one communication port must be available on your personal
computer. You need one of the following combinations of accessories to interface
your personal computer with the module.