Hiterm is a DOS based VT100 terminal that was developed at Data I/O for the ABEL PLD design system. It was used to transfer PLD JEDEC files to the Model 29 programmer but we also used it to transfer files between our IBM PCs and a VAX computer. I used it to transfer files between my IBM PC and my 6800/6809 FLEX systems. I don't have the documentation for this version that shipped with ABEL 4, this information is based on memory and documents from older versions.
I have the rights to distribute ABEL as part of my book "Digital Design Using ABEL" by David Pellerin and Michael Holley, Prentice Hall 1994, ISBN 0-13-605874-4. I will stretch things a little bit to distribute this 10 year old DOS program.
When you run the program you have to specify a configuration file on the command line. This is best done in a batch file. The ABELPROG.BAT batch file calls the configuration file ABELPROG.CFG. he is nothing magic about these names. I create several batch files. (Such as TERM300.BAT, TERM48.BAT. Each call a differnt CFG file.
Example: TERM48.BAT has a single line
HITERM GEN4800.CFG
The BAUD rate and COM port are set with a configuration file like this.
G Configuration file for HiTerm. First line is mode (General/Programmer). 9600 Second line is baud rate. N Third line is parity (None/Odd/Even). 8 Fourth line is number of bits per character (7/8). 1 Fifth line is number of stop bits (1/2). 1 Sixth line is the com port (1/2). A Computer type (I = IBM or compatible, N = NEC, A = automatic detection)
| Alt | F1 | Exit HiTerm |
| Alt | F2 | Togge file-transfer mode (binary/text) |
| Alt | F3 | Help (Display this menu) |
| Alt | F4 | Set EOF Terminator (1 -1F) |
| Alt | F5 | Change directory |
| Alt | F6 | Display directory |
| Shift | F1 | Transfer file from PC |
| Shift | F2 | Transfer file to PC |
| Shift | F3 | Close file |
| Shift | F4 | Toggle local echo (on/off) |
| Shift | F5 | Toggle on line/off line |
| Ctrl | Break | Send break |