Welcome!

The current Beta-test phase has ended. The final version 2.0 will is out. But you can still send as your comments and bug-reports

If you have any queries, suggestions or improvements regarding this document, then please mail them to me so I can incorporate them.

Introduction

It has been a long time since the last major update of HPComm38 and since then HP has introduced the HP39G/40G successors to the HP38G. To support the new calculators, HPComm38 has now been modified and been given a new name: HPGComm.

HPGComm has become even more user-friendly and easier to use. New features have been added and some bugs were fixed. After internal testing we now want to see how the new program works for you, the user. For this reason we are launching this beta-test.

We encourage you to take part and give us your feedback!
First of all it's not possible for us to test everything on every system. Even more important, we want to know if this software fits your needs.

NEWS

Final version 2.0 available! (12. June 2001)

Changes to final Version 2.0:

• Sometimes the transfer window just closed before the tranfer was completed
• Even nicer Installation

Changes to Beta 8:

• Colin was creeping on his knees that I implement CTRL-B to add a border around screenshots. I did this favour :-)
• Nicer Installation

Changes to Beta 7:

• Cancelling XModem transfers now works
• Small Installation Program

Changes to Beta 6:

• Ctrl-C now really works to copy a screenshot
• I hope the issue with the crash after program start is fixed.

Changes to Beta 5:

• If you created (many :-) screenshot, they could be created out of scope. This is fixed now
• To copy a screenshot to the clipboard you can now press Ctrl-C
• A new option File-Open is introduced in the screenshot menu. It opens the current-screenshot in your registered drawing program.

Changes to Beta 4:

• Improved multithreading. This speeds things up to 30% ;-) The program changed quite a bit internally. I hope I did not intro- duce new bugs...
• Transfer details like BPS, CPS etc. added
• XModem also multithreaded

Changes to Beta 3:

• Improved multithreading. This speeds things up to 30% ;-)
  The program changed quite a bit internally. I hope I did not introduce new bugs...
• Transfer details like BPS, CPS etc. added
• XModem also multithreaded

Changes to Beta 2:

• Progress bar added
• Nicer about-box ;-)
• Tried to implement XModem. Please see the XMODEM section in the README.TXT for more information

Changes to Beta 1:

• Tooltips for disabled buttons
• Menu enries grayed out when not needed
• Crash when trying to create a directory via menu. Fixed.

How to take part

Download the installation program and run it.

Play around with the program and report to us any errors and/or bugs that you find. Please also give us feedback about the functionality, the look and feel and how user-friendly it is.
Are you missing a feature? No problem. Drop us a note about what ideas you have and what you would like to see in the program.

You can subscribe yourself to the HPComm mailinglist to discuss everything regarding HPGComm.

PLEASE READ THE README.TXT FILE!

A first glimpse

Click on the screenshots to see a first impression of the new version.

And finally...

We always welcome comments, bug reports, bug fixes and suggestions. We welcome potential HPComm developers even more!! Please consider joining the HPComm development team - it's a cool program, we have a lot of fun, and you can really make a difference.

Jean-Pierre Bergamin (the author of the program)
Colin Croft (author of the The HP38G HOME view)