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LCD Serial Backpack

MugsMugs Posts: 13
edited 2012-11-28 15:29 in BASIC Stamp
My grandson and I are the proud owners of two Basic Stamp 2's. One is an older one I've had for many years (mid 90's) and now a new BOE-Bot. I'd also purchased a Scott Edwards Electronics, Inc. LCD Serial Backpack, which at one time I had working (it still has the last program/desplay working on it).

A few questions:

1 - is there a way to retrieve the program stored on the BS2 so I can save it?
2 - is this OLD basic stamp able to run PBASIC 2.5? I've been holding off programming it to see if I can get the old program off.
3 - Does anyone have programming information for this LCD Backpack? The manual that came with it has comands not found in the BS2 manual.
4 - running the Identify program on my old and new stamps give the same results - Basic Stamp 2, V1.0, Yes, Yes.

Thanks for all the help.

Comments

  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2012-11-25 18:43
    1) No
    2) Yes. PBasic 2.5 is actually translated into older forms of statements internally. It's just a change in the PBasic compiler, not the Stamp itself.
    3) Here's one reference. Do a web search for "Scott Edwards Serial Backpack" for others.
    4) Looks good. The BS2 has changed little in recent years. There are all sorts of follow-on modules with additional features like the BS2p/pe/px.
  • MugsMugs Posts: 13
    edited 2012-11-26 19:22
    Thanks - I'm off to learn to program for my backpack!
  • MugsMugs Posts: 13
    edited 2012-11-26 20:25
    It works! Thanks......

    I feel better now, I'm off to google land!
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2012-11-27 11:32
    Mugs,

    Should we mark this thread as solved?
  • MugsMugs Posts: 13
    edited 2012-11-27 17:19
    Yep! Now to figure out how to do that...
  • MugsMugs Posts: 13
    edited 2012-11-27 17:25
    HOW do i make it SOLVED?
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2012-11-27 20:24
    You edit the first post in the thread. There's a setting for Solved / Unsolved.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2012-11-28 12:42
    FYI, you must be in the advanced mode/editor in order to make that change.
  • MugsMugs Posts: 13
    edited 2012-11-28 15:29
    thanks I'll try to remember that.
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