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FROM SATPC32 WITH A TERMINAL PROGRAM SUCH AS HYPERTERMINAL OR PUTTY, BUT
YOU NEED TO DO SOME CONVERSION BETWEEN NUMBERING SYSTEMS.  THE COMMAND SET
TRANSMITTED BY SATPC32 IS IN DECIMAL FORMAT.  THE NUMBER 1 IS THE ACTUAL
DECIMAL VALUE FOR NUMBER 1, THE NUMBER 127 IS THE ACTUAL DECIMAL VALUE FOR
127.  TERMINAL PROGRAMS USE THE ASCII FORMAT TO REPRESENT THE CHARACTER
BEING TRANSMITTED.  SO TO DISPLAY THE NUMBER 1 IN THE HYPERTERMINAL SCREEN,
THE TRANSMITTING SYSTEM NEEDS TO SEND THE ASCII REPRESENTATION FOR THE
NUMBER 1, WHICH IS THE ASCII VALUE OF 49, NOT THE DECIMAL VALUE 1.  TO
DISPLAY THE DECIMAL VALUE 127, THE TRANSMITTING SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO SEND
THE ASCII REPRESENTATIONS FOR THE DECIMAL NUMBERS 1, 2 AND 7 OF THE ASCII
VALUES OF 49, 50 AND 55.  TO CAPTURE THE SATPC32 COMMANDS AS DISPLAYED
ABOVE, I ACTUALLY AUTHORED A PIC PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE TRANSLATION OF
DECIMAL VALUES INTO ASCII THAT ARE IN TURN SENT TO HYPERTERMINAL.  TALKING
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