HP-71 Compu-LS module

[Dave Frederickson]

(03-26-2017 11:51 AM)twa14 Wrote:  I see that you are using a COMPU.TXT file and not a COMPU.DAT File.

What is COMPU.DAT?

It's important to keep track of and to define the various file types. .DAT is the file type found is the LIF disc archives. The SWAP archive contains LIF files that have been extracted from the disc archives. The tool that extracted the files leaves the 32-byte LIF file header prepended to the data and file extensions have been defined for those file types:
http://ftp.ftp.hpmuseum.org/lif/swap/0readme
However, the tool converted the LIF1 text files to DOS text files and removed the file header, so the *.t71 files are really DOS text, as if it wasn't confusing enough.

Is COMPU.DAT the LIF disc image you created using HPDir? That's how I started. Notice I copied the file into the 71 from :2, the first emulated mass storage device.

Dave