Here are the very latest information about the internet navigator project on HP48G/GX/G+, HP49G/g+ and hp50g.
New : download the 1.00k+ version of Navigator for hp49g+ and hp50g !
You can indeed connect to internet with an HP48/49 linked to a modem using
an adapter : cf the documentation
of
Enrico Carta (and it works !)
and with a soft that manages the TCP/IP connection :
Usinagaz 0.4, of
Samuel Thibault, go and see
his page for more details (and more software).
It is also possible to connect via a PC that shares its internet connection with the hp50g calculator linked by the mini-USB cable.
So I got the idea to write an internet navigator to watch
web pages, make searches on Google, read my mails online, and much more !!
At the time now, I achieve surfing on the web
with the HP48 and HP49 using a french internet service provider called Tiscali...!!
Using the set of softs supplied with Usinagaz, you can also read and send mails
and post news on comp.sys.hp48 for instance !
To discover how many internet tools for HP calculators have been created (specific mail software, irc client...), please visit the Internet Prime page.
Navigator is made with two esential components :
Email : ydesir@gmail.com.
News :
02/11/10 : the 1.00k+ version for hp49g+ and hp50g fixes several editor bugs.
That is here also a BigApple only version (131x80 pixel display). The possiblity has been added to change the font size, and
an help mode has been implemented. You may read the 1.00 documentation to read more about it.
State : All known bugs fixed. Ready for the online update...!
08/17/08 : the 0.09f+ version for hp49g+ and hp50g seems quite stable for the new 131x80 display calculators. That version is available only for those new calculators, since the display is different on HP48 and HP49G.
You may read the 0.09 documentation to understand how it works.
State : Navigator 0.09f seems to work quite efficiently on hp49g+ and hp50g.
10/28/03 : the 0.07f version for HP49g+ fixes some bugs and handles more efficiently
the speed of that new calculator. That version is also available for HP49G.
See the 0.07 documentation here.
State : Navigator 0.07f seems to work perfectly on HP49G and HP49g+.
10/21/03 : a new 0.07 version is available for HP49G, and should
run quite well (a little too fast, though) on HP49G+ ! It is version 0.07e. You can read its documentation,
which contains some changes from the previous 0.07.
Status: some annoying editor bugs have been fixed. Would the editor be bug-free ? :-)
Anyway, it reformats the text while you're typing, like all modern computer editors (that's a wrapping function).
The only other editor on HP calculator which is able to do this is the NOTEPAD of the HP39/40.
This new version includes some new features, like 'copy shortcut' and accessing to the
Favorites (a 'Favorites' HOME variable is created).
09/20/03 : the 0.07c version is now also available for HP48G/GX/G+ !
Go here to see the special HP48 documentation (Navigator 48 v0.07 uses Filer48 !).
Status: all the 0.07 version changes are present : frames and cookies handling, ...
The program however sometimes leaves a binary integer on the stack (sorry), and the menu displaying is temporarily
jammed on starting, but you can now browse the web with an HP48 !
09/13/03 : seventh version of Navigator. As usual, please refer to its
documentation for more information.
Status: all components of Navigator (HTML interpretor, displayer, envelope) have been updated a lot.
Navigator now handles frames and cookies (it is able to store them in a 'Cookies' variable and resend them to the web server).
However, the cookies handling could be better.
07/09/03 : sixth version of Navigator. Cf its
documentation with nice diagrams.
Status: the editor is nearly bug-free. However, moving from forms to links is still
buggy. The possibility not to reload stored pages when navigating in the history has been implemented.
01/21/03 : fifth version of Navigator. I advise you to have a look to
its documentation with nice pictures of the ways of using it.
Status: you can now post informations. The editor still needs to be fully debugged.
12/20/02 : forth version of Navigator. Go to its new
documentation to discover the new features.
Status: a text editor has been implemented into Navigator 0.04, which allow you to
write inside the input forms. New interactions are possible with the radio buttons and the checkboxes.
However, you cannot post informations yet.
07/07/02 : third version of Navigator.
Here is its documentation.
Status: numerous improvements have been performed to stabilize the system.
One can now go from a form to a link highlighted, and from a link to a form.
01/09/02 : second version of Navigator.
Go and read its updated documentation.
Status: the internet connection starts to work fine. The ability to go
to previous and next pages into history has been added.
11/29/01 : first version of Navigator. Look at
its complete documentation.
Status: Seems to works properly. Still needs to write the text editor
and the interactions with the input forms. You can't type in an URL while the program
is running, neither can you go back in history of the visited pages, nor even
save some pages.
09/09/01 : third preview of Navigator. Have a look to
its documentation.
Status : the input forms start to be processed.
09/04/01 : second preview of Navigator. See
here its documentation.
Status : numerous bugs have been fixed in the viewer. Still needs to display the FORMs.
08/30/01 : first preview of Navigator. See
here how to use it.
Status: The HTML interpretor is finished. Still needs to fix the viewer and add the possibility
to display forms.