'For Aug."SiChip" display article.  Stan. SWAN =>s.t.swan@massey.ac.nz  Ver 1.0  19/6/03
'Picaxe serial output demo for PC VDU display via almost any datacomms terminal program 
'Many exist,espec.classic Windows HyperTerminalPE (~700k) via =>www.hilgraeve.com .Free!        
'Install it then run - properties - make session -"Connect- Direct to Com1" & 2400,8,N,1
'Consider cheap 90s laptops/organisers too -Compaq Aero/HP 200LX & Sharp Wizard 7xx etc
'DOS (but Win friendly) Banana Comm (~170k) espec.clean,& MODE CO40 allows enlarged text
'Also works on Rev.Ed AXE033 16x2 alphanum. LCD kit,but text wraps since smaller display
'Easy 2 wire serial only,here via "08" I/O pin 2 then D9F pin 2 for PC COM1 + pin 5 gnd
'Suggest using 2 PCs for this - one as normal programmer, & other just for serout display
'Program(s) can be downloaded =>www.picaxe.orcon.net.nz/termdemo.bas,& also /bcom30.zip
'2 notebook setup pix (Toshiba editor/Aero display)=>www.picaxe.orcon.net.nz/termdemo.jpg
'NB-when Editing + 2 wire serial lead to correct I/O pin- F8 gives "mini terminal" 
'Even "datalogging" possible (via "F9" under Editor V 3.0.3 ) or via StampPlot Lite 1.7 ! 
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demo:						' ASCII control codes <32 are IBM style 
serout 2,n2400,(12,10)				' Form Feed (FF)=clear screen- then a LF
pause 50					' brief pause before message shows
serout 2,n2400,("Hello from your PICAXE-08")	' displays message in quotes
serout 2,n2400,(32)				' acts on ASCII directly - a space
pause 500					' 1/2 sec pause for visual effect
for b0= 65 to 90				' / acts on direct ASCII request
serout 2,n2400,(b0)				'  so translates & displays 
next b0						' \ A - Z characters in sequence
pause 2000					' 2 second delay to hold message
b2=100						' assign demo variable value
b1=b2/2						' simple divide 100 by 2 maths calc.
serout 2,n2400,(32,#b2,"/2 = ",#b1)		' space,then calc.(# forces values) 
pause 1000					' 1 sec. pause
goto demo					' repeats entire message