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Convert PROG2 files to PROG

Allows software development to be hosted on Series 700 with BASIC/UX and targeted for Series 300 and BASIC/DOS

Prog2toprog translates HP BASIC PROG2 files, created by STORE statements on HP BASIC/UX on Series 700’s, to HP BASIC PROG files, which can be LOADed by HP BASIC/WS, HP BASIC/DOS, and HP BASIC/UX on Series 300’s.

BASIC for Windows has its own PROG format, so it cannot LOAD these PROG files.

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 Restrictions

 Some size restrictions on the PROG format, such as the total size allocated for variables, are not detected until a program is RUN. Prog2toprog will not detect these errors. Therefore, a translated program should always be RUN on HP BASIC/WS, HP BASIC/DOS, or HP BASIC/UX on a Series 300 to verify that no PROG format size restrictions have been violated. Note that LOADing and RUNning the translated program o HP BASIC/UX on a Series 700 is NOT sufficient to verify this, because the program will be internally translated back to PROG2 format when it is LOADed by HP BASIC/UX on a Series 700.

Diagnostics

 The diagnostics produced by Prog2toprog are intended to be self-explanatory. The most common errors reported are:

 Prog2toprog cannot convert CSUBs.

 The PROG2 format removes a number of size restrictions on HP BASIC programs. When converting to PROG format, these size restrictions will be enforced:

• Line numbers are restricted to the range 1 to 32767.
• Array bounds and string lengths must be <= 32767.
• Subprograms may have only 63 parameters.
• Each subprogram may define only 7268 symbols (this includes variables, @ names, COM block names, line labels, and line numbers referenced by HP BASIC statements such as GOTO).