9/5/84 P. H. Newman Wilmette, Illinois USAGE OF MEX Thi i i respons t questio Stev Aidikoni lef fo m o Joh Sojak' "Smokin Silicon o 9/3 Stev aske whethe ther i mean o settin delay afte sendin ou string i MEX He' experience misse character whe h wa runnin a 120 bps. starte t compos repl t Stev fo inclusio o John' boar a "message but a seem t happe frequently foun wa wordie tha th forma requires Henc thi fil tha ma o no b o us t others A leas shoul hop i ha som valu fo Steve. a embarrasse t sa tha d no ye kno nearl enoug abou th practica usag o MEX M attractio t i wa precisel becaus o th possibilitie i offer fo "programming communicatio routine wit th READ/SENDOU procedures Wit the ME i a utterl remarkabl program withou them lik Ir Hoff' MDM74 an others i i ver usefu utility. M firs attempt a producin *.ME file fo accomplishin multipl task me wit onl moderat degre o success The th variou bug tha hav plague th basi progra and especially th physica an logica overlay becam o sufficien annoyanc tha m tim wa spen i attemptin t overcom thos rathe tha th true practica us o th program. Now however tha Ro Fowle ha release ME 1 an th quic fixe i MEX11 we a fa a I' concerned hav somethin upo whic t rely This fo thos o u wit Kaypros combine wit th releas o MX-KP28.ASM provide progra tha i reliabl an appear t b capabl o al th thing tha w expecte o an wante i i fro th beginning I'v bee usin th ne VERSIO fo th pas tw week a MEX1 th firs wee an MEX11 sinc the an I'v no ha problem MX-KP2 ha timin constan problem a leas a measure an use o m mH system wher SE DELA doe no produc th dela "set t th valu desired However Ron' timin withi th basi program agai a measure i variou SLEE command wit m system ar dea-on Wit th hel o thi board' loya SYSOP Joh Sojak th SE DELA proble shoul b momentaril corrected It' n bi deal i an regard an thi overla wit al it applicabilit t an variet o Kaypr make i th on o choice. Wha no trul need t b don gettin bac t Steve' questio indirectl an circuitousl i fo th overla an uninspire o incorrec "fix file tha inundat u t b weede ou an controlle s tha ou tim ca b spen i doin al th wonderfu thing o whic th progra i capabl s tha w ma shar ou successes ge hel i ou failure an al o u lear thereby. Now Steve fo wha it' worth ME ha variet o delays Amon thes ar WTECHO WECHO WCHAR WLINE SLEE and i sense XLINE XON an TRIGGER Th jugglin an bes an prope us o the i th rea challenge Ver frankly stil d no hav the properl sorte out A a exampl use littl *.ME fil calle GET.ME whic wa intende "automatically t downloa fil usin XMODE protocol I was: WRT SENDOUT "XMODEM S {1}" R {1} TYPE T.NOT TA SAVE Thi worke o som board bu o other character go los an i los ou t th board' routin e.g th verbiag o th board' response rod ove m littl GE an ha t abor th download ha th WTECH defaul O whic a leas shoul hav allowe th XMODE t b treate respectfully bu it too go los o a leas garbled The trie th routin foun i Joh Mundt' MEXFILES.GE an i ha worke beautifull a ha it analogu fo uploadin whic I'v calle SEND.ME show belo th revise GET.MEX Wit thes I'v se th defaul fo WTECH OF an Ron' ne SODELA ON. GET.MEX: WRT STAT WTECHO ON SENDOUT "XMODEM S {1}" STAT WTECHO OFF R {1} TYPE T.NOT TA SAVE SEND.MEX: WRT STAT WTECHO ON SENDOUT "XMODEM R {1}" STAT WTECHO OFF S {1} TYPE T.NOT TA SAVE I'v ha no proble wit eithe o thes sinc I'v implemente them However mus admi t m ignoranc an sa I' no absolutel sur wh the wor s wel an th othe onl i som instances. Steve hop tha th foregoin i o som littl hel t you bu wha I' reall lik t se fro yo an fro an other o u wh ar intrigue b th possibilitie i th applicatio o ME i sharin o idea an experienc s tha w al ca expan ou us o it allowe