Stamp 1 Windows Serial Adapter and Programming Support!
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Dear Parallax friends,
Parallax is proud to finally announce Windows 95/98/2K/NT/XP programming
support for the BASIC Stamp 1!
Until today, the BASIC Stamp 1 was programmed under DOS with a parallel
port connection. By writing the tokenizer in a 32-bit Windows
environment and producing a $4.95 level-shifter serial port adapter,
programming a Stamp 1 in Windows is as easy as a BS2. All of the
articles and details are here:
http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_Stamp1_Wi
ndows.asp
The Windows Editor software will be available for download Wednesday at
the above link. The BS1 serial port adapter is available at the same
link. BS1 on-line PBASIC command Help files are currently available for
download with the current Windows editor.
We only have 100 BS1 Serial adapters in stock and they're $4.95 each
(less than it costs us to make them for our first production run!). We
expect to sell out of the 100 units we have in stock really quickly,
most likely by the end of the day today. Once we are out of stock you
can backorder one and get it by mid-December for your holiday break. But
if you are ready to get your Stamp 1s out of the drawer then order
today!
And some answers to the questions you are about to ask:
Will we upgrade PBASIC 1.0 to have the structured commands
(IF-THEN-ELSE, CASE-SELECT, etc.) like we did for the BS2 series? Will
we compile the tokenizer for different platforms like the Mac, Linux,
etc.? The answer to both questions is that we don't know at this point -
it depends on what our customers want us to do and our engineering
priorities. And yes, we will make the schematic for the BS1 Windows
adapter available in case you would rather build your own.
For me it's one of the most exciting days at Parallax. The DOS-only
environment has been a hurdle for me in the past, but now I've got all
sorts of ideas.
Sincerely,
Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc
http://www.parallax.com
Parallax is proud to finally announce Windows 95/98/2K/NT/XP programming
support for the BASIC Stamp 1!
Until today, the BASIC Stamp 1 was programmed under DOS with a parallel
port connection. By writing the tokenizer in a 32-bit Windows
environment and producing a $4.95 level-shifter serial port adapter,
programming a Stamp 1 in Windows is as easy as a BS2. All of the
articles and details are here:
http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_Stamp1_Wi
ndows.asp
The Windows Editor software will be available for download Wednesday at
the above link. The BS1 serial port adapter is available at the same
link. BS1 on-line PBASIC command Help files are currently available for
download with the current Windows editor.
We only have 100 BS1 Serial adapters in stock and they're $4.95 each
(less than it costs us to make them for our first production run!). We
expect to sell out of the 100 units we have in stock really quickly,
most likely by the end of the day today. Once we are out of stock you
can backorder one and get it by mid-December for your holiday break. But
if you are ready to get your Stamp 1s out of the drawer then order
today!
And some answers to the questions you are about to ask:
Will we upgrade PBASIC 1.0 to have the structured commands
(IF-THEN-ELSE, CASE-SELECT, etc.) like we did for the BS2 series? Will
we compile the tokenizer for different platforms like the Mac, Linux,
etc.? The answer to both questions is that we don't know at this point -
it depends on what our customers want us to do and our engineering
priorities. And yes, we will make the schematic for the BS1 Windows
adapter available in case you would rather build your own.
For me it's one of the most exciting days at Parallax. The DOS-only
environment has been a hurdle for me in the past, but now I've got all
sorts of ideas.
Sincerely,
Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc
http://www.parallax.com
Comments
The schematic for building your own BS1 Serial Adapter is now posted
here:
http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/downloads/software/software_Stamp1_Wi
ndows.asp
Sincerely,
Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc.