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                           <By Evan Hoke>

Description:
QWERTY is a text editor for the TI 83 or TI 83-Plus.  The text files 
created can be sent to a computer and opened as plain text.  Also, plain 
text from a computer can be sent to the calculator.  Unlike most text 
editors for calculator, QWERTY, by flipping the calculator sideways 
allows one to type using a key configuration similar to a regular 
keyboard.

Features:
•Capable of typing all 26 letters, upper and lower case, numbers, space, 
return and 26 symbols.
•Layout similar to a regular keyboard.
•Text displayed sideways
•Power friendly, runs in low power mode and automatically powers 
down after a set time.
•Text can be copied from the computer to the calculator and vice versa.

Requirements:
•A TI 83 or TI 83-Plus Calculator
•The Ion shell for the TI 83 version.  You can download this at 
http://www.ticalc.org
•A graph link or equivalent, for sending the program to your calculator.

Installation:
1. If you are using a TI 83, using the software that came with the 
Graph Link, send Ion to your calculator and install it.  For more 
detailed instructions on installing Ion, refer to Ion.txt which is part 
of the Ion zip file.
2. Send either the "QWERTY.83p" file if you are using a TI 83 or the 
"QWERTY.8xp" file if you are using a TI 83-Plus to your 
calculator.  If you are using a TI 83-Plus and you want the 
application version, send "QWERTY.8xk" instead to your 
calculator. 

Getting Started:
Run the program.  If you have download the version for the TI 83 first 
install the ion shell, run it, then run QWERTY through Ion.  For more 
information about Ion, read the help file that came with Ion.  On the TI 
83-Plus non application version, the program can be run either through 
a shell, such as Ion, or Mirage, or by typing "asm(QWERTY" on the 
home screen ("asm(" can be found in the catalog).  For the application 
version on the TI 83-Plus run the application from the application 
menu.  Upon running the program a menu will appear with the options, 
"New" and "Open".  To open a text file, select it from the list and hit 
enter.  Since this is your first time running the program, there will be no 
text files to open, so select new by hitting the right arrow and hit enter.  
The program will now prompt you for a name.  Type in the name using 
the letters that appear above the keys.  Next hit enter to create the text 
file.

Using the Program:
After creating or opening a text file, turn the calculator 90 degrees 
clockwise and begin to type.  The keyboard layout is similar to that of a 
regular keyboard.  This may seem awkward at first, but I found that 
after I got used to it, I could reach 30 words per minute.  To type in 
capital letters hold down the "TRACE" key, which acts as a shift key.  
To move the cursor around hold down the "GRAPH" key, which acts 
as a control key and use the arrows.  To delete use the "Y=" key.  To 
add a return, use the "ZOOM" key.  To shut the calculator off, hit the 
"ON" key.  To quit, hold down "GRAPH" and hit the "MODE" key.  
When you quit, the text file is automatically saved.  A table of what 
each key does is listed below.  The first table shows what the keys do 
when no special keys are held down.  The second shows what happens 
when the "TRACE" key is held down and the third shows what 
happens when the "GRAPH" key is held down.

       Normal                    Shift                   Control
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
|DEL| p |RET|SHF|CTL|    |DEL| P |RET|SHF|CTL|    |DEL|   |RET|SHF|CTL|
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| { | o | l | . | ; |    | } | O | L | > | ? |    |   |EXT|   |LFT|UP |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| ) | i | k | , | , |    | ] | I | K | < | : |    |   |   |   |DWN|RGT|
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| ( | u | j | m |SPC|    | [ | U | J | M |SPC|    |   | 9 | 6 | 3 |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| = | y | h | n |SPC|    | + | Y | H | N |SPC|    |   | 8 | 5 | 2 |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| - | t | g | b |SPC|    | * | T | G | B |SPC|    |   | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| % | r | f | v |SPC|    | ^ | R | F | V |SPC|    |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| & | e | d | c |SPC|    | # | E | D | C |SPC|    |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
| ! | w | s | x |   |    | $ | W | S | X |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+
|OFF| q | a | z | ' |    |OFF| Q | A | Z | " |    |OFF|   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+    +---+---+---+---+---+

Transferring between Calculator and Computer:
Using the software that came with your Graph Link, send the desired 
text file, which is saved as a program to your computer.  Next drag and 
drop the file on "CaltoTxt.exe" which is included in this zip file.  You 
can now open the new file created, with a text editor.  To send a text 
file to the calculator, save the file as a plain text file.  Then drag and 
drop that file on "TxttoCal.exe". Next send the file created to your 
calculator.  "CaltoTxt" and "TxttoCal" can also be run from the 
command line.  Their usage is "TxttoCal source (destination) (name)" 
and "CaltoTxt source (destination)".  Note: when converting from a 
text file to a calculator file, the file is saved as a .83p file which can be 
sent to either a TI 83 or TI 83-Plus.

Bug Reports, Questions or Comments?
If you would like to report a bug or have a question or comment about 
QWERTY, please email me at ehgid@hotmail.com.  Please be very 
descriptive in a bug report so that I can identify the problem and fix it.

Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for any damage that QWERTY may cause to your 
calculator or computer.  I have tested the program extensively so there 
should not be any bugs but in the event of a bug, I am not responsible.  
You should always back up your calculator before running assembly 
programs.  Feel free to distribute QWERTY as long as you keep all the 
files in this folder intact.  Don’t get the wrong impression, I am not a 
stingy capitalist (this program is free) but just in case your calculator 
blows up and Russia declares nuclear war, I can say that I am not 
responsible.

History:
Version 1.0 2/2/01 Released the first version.

Acknowledgments:
I would like to thank the following people for their contribution to 
QWERTY:

-Speech Technology Incorporated for their great TASM z80 assembler.
-Hannes Edfeldt for his linker.
-Scott Dial for his linker.
-Texas Instruments for making the calculators and releasing a key to 
sign Apps.
-David Phillips for his source code to BintoVar, which my CaltoTxt 
and TxttoCal programs were heavily based on.
-Rusty Wagner for his emulator, without which, debugging would have 
been impossible.
-James Matthews for his great assembly tutorials.
-Joe Wingbermuehle for making the Ion shell.
-Justin Karneges for the ASCII tables in his readme file, which mine 
were based off of and also for the idea of extending a calculator’s 
functionality to things which TI never intended.
-You for downloading QWERTY and taking the time to read this 
boring file.
-All the people who encouraged me and gave me suggestions on 
making QWERTY.
-Anybody else that I neglected to mention but helped me along the 
way.