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     NAME
          out71 - a filter to send a program to an HP71B

     SYNOPSIS
          out71 [-o] filetype < input_file > output_device

          out71 -?

     DESCRIPTION
          The HP71B Handheld Computer fitted with the HP82401A HPIL
          Interface module can read files not only from a mass storage
          device but also from any other HPIL device. In the latter
          case, the HP71B expects to receive a 32 byte header which is
          identical to the file's directory entry on a LIF volume,
          followed by the file data padded (by NULLs in the case of
          out71 ) to a multiple of 256 bytes. This program always
          sends a file called PCFILE of the user-specified file type.

          out71 adds the header and padding, and can therefore be used
          to translate a linux file for direct sending to an HP71B,
          for example via an HP82164 RS232 interface.

     OPTIONS
          -o   Some HP71 files have their length (in their directory
               entry, and thus in the header added by out71 ) given in
               nybbles. out71 assumes that all the nybbles in a linux
               file are part of the HP71B file, and thus always sets
               this nybble length to an even number. This can cause
               problems if the original HP71B file had an odd length
               in nybbles.  The -o option decreases the nybble count
               in the header by one, effectively truncating the last
               nybble of the linux file.

          -?   Print a message giving program usage to standard error
               and exit.

          filetype
               Specify the type of the HP71 file to be created. A
               complete list of possible filetypes can be found in
               lif_create_entry.c, but the useful ones for this
               program include TEXT, BASIC71, LEX71 and SDATA. This
               parameter is case-insensitive.

     FILES
          hardware/* : Information on connecting an HP71B to a PC

     EXAMPLES
          If an HP71B is connected to the linux device /dev/cua0 via a
          suitable interface and mytext is an HP text format file,
          then

          out71 TEXT < mytext >/dev/cua0 will send the file to the

          HP71B, which should be set to receive it, e.g. by the
          command COPY :RS232 TO MYTEXT

     REFERENCES
          The data expected by an HP71 when reading a file from a
          non-mass-storage device is documented in the HP71 HPIL
          Internal Design Specifications Volume 1.

     BUGS
          The -o option is not elegant, but there is no automatic way
          to decide when an HP71 file has an odd length in nybbles.

     SEE ALSO
          in71(1)

     AUTHOR
          out71 was written by Tony Duell, ard.p850ug1@gmail.com and
          has been placed under the GNU Public License version 2.0