It's written in Turbo Pascal (V6.0) (from Borland). To do the serial port access I found a unit called comm_tp5 (written by Kevin R. Bulgrien). Included in the zipfile is the source to both the unit and my program. Download it from here.
The program always outputs on COM2: at 2400 baud, since that'll will
suit most people and there's no point going any faster, since you have
to put a time delay between moves anyway. Connect the Valiant transmitter
to your COM2 port, turn it on (connect the power supply) and turn the turtle
on. Run the program - first time chose reSet (this sends some characters
to the transmitter to set it up.) Then you have the following commands
to choose from:
| Key | Action |
| U | Pen Up |
| D | Pen Down |
| F | Forward |
| B | Backward |
| L | Left |
| R | Right |
If enough people ask I might get around to putting parameters in the program so you can calibrate it and choose which COM port etc.
I ran it under windows 95, (but had to be in DOS mode, due to the serial port access), but it should run under any version of DOS.
If you have any questions or would like any changes made to the program, please drop me a mail:tony@mudd.net
Have fun,
Tony Mudd.