Installing PlusShell

There are no special procedures required to install this version of PlusShell on the calculator. Simply transfer the program and it's required libraries to the calculator. To install the browser, transfer shell.9xz and util.9xz to your calculator.

To install PlusShell for programming purposes on the computer, first add the directory in which you extracted PlusShell to your path. If you, for example, installed it to C:\PlusShell, you would add the following to your autoexec.bat:

path=%path%;c:\PlusShell

Then, set the environment variable 'asm92p' to the directory in which you extracted PlusShell. Assuming the installation directory of C:\PlusShell, you would also add the following to your autoexec.bat:

set asm92p=c:\PlusShell

Using PlusShell

To start the browser, type shell() at the home screen and press enter. For faster access to the shell, rename the program named 'shell' to 'kbdprgm1'. After renaming, simply press [Diamond]-[1] to start the shell.

To run a program from the home screen, simply type it's name followed by a pair of paranthesis. For example, to start a program named 'tetris', type tetris() at the home screen and press enter.

To run a program from the browser, first select the folder it resides in (normally 'main') and press enter. Then select the program from the list and press enter again.

If a program fails to run due to a missing library, the message "library not found" will apear on the status line along with the name of the missing library. This message will also appear if the library in question is archived. Transfer or unarchive the missing library and try running the program again.

Using Fargo II programs with PlusShell

To use a Fargo II program, simply run convert.exe on the .92p file. For example, to convert a Fargo II program named mario92.92p, you would type the following at the MS-DOS prompt and press enter:

convert mario92

This will leave a .9xz file in the same directory. Transfer this to your calculator.

If the Fargo program comes with libraries that do not exist for PlusShell, you can use the same procedure to convert the libraries.


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