[time-nuts] OT: JHP 3588 Basic feature enable?

[wje]

A member kindly provided me with a key generated from my serial number 
for my HP 3588 to enable Basic, but he wasn't exactly sure what the 
proper way was to put them on a disk so the '88 would read the key.

My serial number is 3005A01033.
I tried creating a LIF file name "LD1033" and put the key in it using 
the lifutils 'copy as ascii file'.
The '88 does read the disk on startup, and I can see the file in the 
disk menu with type ASCII, but no joy with Basic being enabled.
I tried a couple of other format variations, same result (binary image, 
null-terminated, cr/lf, lf, etc).

Does anyone have any other info, hints, etc? I'd like to get the builtin 
IBasic enabled, it's quite useful, even if it is Basic. :)

Thanks in advance,
Bill

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Bill Ezell
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They said 'Windows or better'
so I used Linux.