Transterm ‘BASIC’ Programmable Terminal
Overview
The TransTerm 5C ‘BASIC’ Terminal is a computer programmable in an abbreviated version of the BASIC language (TTBASIC). Using it’s flexible programming resources, the terminal can be adapted to a wide variety of stand-alone applications, such as data collection, activity tracking, event timing, and equipment control (optional equipment may be required). The standard unit comes with a 2-line display, 24-key keypad, serial port, time-of-day clock and 32K bytes of battery backed up program/data memory.
Contents
- Basic Interpreter
- The Display
- The Keyboard
- The Memory
- Serial Port
- Options
- Developer's Kit
- Specifications
The Basic Interpreter operates in 3 modes:
- DIRECT mode – Executes a TTBASIC statement immediately.
- RUN mode – Executes a TTBASIC program downloaded to the TransTerm.
- TERMINAL mode – Emulates a dumb terminal.
The interpreter recognizes a full set of functions and statements that provide memory initialization, program control, and input/output of data. Each program statement has a preceding integer line number. The statements are stored is ascending order in the program memory.
