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P/PCStxt1
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| Filename: | P/PCStxt1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0A1C bytes |
| Load address: | 50206576 |
| Exec address: | 78745343 |
File contents
PRINTER CODE SETTER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By Richard Dimond
When I purchased my Rombox and fitted it with Sideways RAM, I thought it
would be useful to set up a ROM image which could be loaded into SW RAM to
enable the printer to be set up simply by using a series of three letter *
commands.
With the help of the Advanced User Guide and some ROM images I had already
got, I have made up this ROM image and have found it very useful. It is
fairly easy to vary the commands or add others if necessary though I have
included all the types of printing and other commands to make it fairly
comprehensive. Particularly useful are the column printing commands for
printing listings. One problem with this is that you cannot change the
column until the printer is cleared so that you need to know how man lines
you can fit into each column and print out each saparatelty.
When I had my Rombox problems, I could not use this and also I realised
that not all members have SW RAM. I then thought of the possibility of
writing the progaram as a normal M/code program.
I have included the source programs (suffixed src) so that you may alter
them if you wish and will help anyone to do this if necessary.
Both give the same range of commands but need to be used in a slightly
different way so I shall describe the operation separately.
ROM Version
~~~~~~~~~~~
After loading this into SW RAM in the usual way, the commands available
can be listed by using the command *HELP PCODES. This is a little larger
the the screen and so will need to be scrolled by pressing SHIFT.
The commands are simply entered the usual way and any numder can entered
to set up the printer as you wish. If the ROM is set up it is also
possible to use the codes in a BASIC program.
M/Code Version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is written to &5000 so that it is out of the way of the most used
part of the memory.
On running the program by giving the command *PCS, the codes will be
displayed. Then after pressing SPACE, the note on column printing is
shown and the cue given for entering the codes.
These are the same as for the ROM version but I have arranged that the
commands will be accepted with or without the '*'. After entering the
codes it is necessary to break out of the program. This can be done
simply by pressing RETURN without entering a code. You can also press
ESCAPE or BREAK. If you enter a wrong code, the program will stop with
the message 'Bad command'.
00000000 0d 50 52 49 4e 54 45 52 20 43 4f 44 45 20 53 45 |.PRINTER CODE SE| 00000010 54 54 45 52 0d 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |TTER.~~~~~~~~~~~| 00000020 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0d 42 79 20 52 69 63 68 |~~~~~~~~.By Rich| 00000030 61 72 64 20 44 69 6d 6f 6e 64 0d 0d 57 68 65 6e |ard Dimond..When| 00000040 1a 20 49 1a 20 70 75 72 63 68 61 73 65 64 20 6d |. I. purchased m| 00000050 79 20 52 6f 6d 62 6f 78 20 61 6e 64 20 66 69 74 |y Rombox and fit| 00000060 74 65 64 20 69 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 53 69 64 65 |ted it with Side| 00000070 77 61 79 73 20 52 41 4d 2c 20 49 20 74 68 6f 75 |ways RAM, I thou| 00000080 67 68 74 20 69 74 0d 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 |ght it.would be | 00000090 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 |useful to set up| 000000a0 20 61 20 52 4f 4d 20 69 6d 61 67 65 20 77 68 69 | a ROM image whi| 000000b0 63 68 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 |ch could be load| 000000c0 65 64 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 53 57 20 52 41 4d 20 74 |ed into SW RAM t| 000000d0 6f 0d 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 |o.enable the pri| 000000e0 6e 74 65 72 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73 65 74 20 75 |nter to be set u| 000000f0 70 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 62 79 20 75 73 69 6e |p simply by usin| 00000100 67 20 61 20 73 65 72 69 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |g a series of th| 00000110 72 65 65 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 20 2a 0d 63 6f 6d |ree letter *.com| 00000120 6d 61 6e 64 73 2e 0d 0d 57 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 |mands...With the| 00000130 20 68 65 6c 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 41 64 76 | help of the Adv| 00000140 61 6e 63 65 64 20 55 73 65 72 20 47 75 69 64 65 |anced User Guide| 00000150 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 52 4f 4d 20 69 6d | and some ROM im| 00000160 61 67 65 73 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 61 6c 72 65 61 |ages I had alrea| 00000170 64 79 0d 67 6f 74 2c 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 6d |dy.got, I have m| 00000180 61 64 65 20 75 70 20 74 68 69 73 20 52 4f 4d 20 |ade up this ROM | 00000190 69 6d 61 67 65 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 68 61 76 65 1a |image and. have.| 000001a0 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 74 20 76 65 72 79 20 75 | found it very u| 000001b0 73 65 66 75 6c 2e 20 20 49 74 20 69 73 0d 66 61 |seful. It is.fa| 000001c0 69 72 6c 79 20 65 61 73 79 20 74 6f 20 76 61 72 |irly easy to var| 000001d0 79 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 6f |y the commands o| 000001e0 72 20 61 64 64 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 20 69 66 20 |r add others if | 000001f0 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 1a 20 74 68 6f 75 67 |necessary. thoug| 00000200 68 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 0d 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 |h I have.include| 00000210 64 1a 20 61 6c 6c 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 74 79 70 |d. all. the. typ| 00000220 65 73 20 6f 66 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 61 |es of printing a| 00000230 6e 64 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 |nd other command| 00000240 73 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 69 74 20 66 61 69 |s to make it fai| 00000250 72 6c 79 0d 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 68 65 6e 73 69 76 |rly.comprehensiv| 00000260 65 2e 20 20 20 50 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 72 6c |e. Particularl| 00000270 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 |y useful are the| 00000280 1a 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e |. column printin| 00000290 67 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 66 6f 72 0d 70 |g commands for.p| 000002a0 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 73 74 69 6e 67 73 |rinting listings| 000002b0 2e 20 20 4f 6e 65 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 77 |. One problem w| 000002c0 69 74 68 1a 20 74 68 69 73 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 74 |ith. this. is. t| 000002d0 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 63 |hat you cannot c| 000002e0 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 65 0d 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e |hange the.column| 000002f0 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 | until the print| 00000300 65 72 20 69 73 20 63 6c 65 61 72 65 64 20 73 6f |er is cleared so| 00000310 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 | that you need t| 00000320 6f 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 61 6e 20 6c |o know how man l| 00000330 69 6e 65 73 0d 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 66 69 74 |ines.you can fit| 00000340 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 65 61 63 68 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d | into each colum| 00000350 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 6f 75 74 20 |n and print out | 00000360 65 61 63 68 20 73 61 70 61 72 61 74 65 6c 74 79 |each saparatelty| 00000370 2e 0d 0d 57 68 65 6e 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 6d 79 |...When I had my| 00000380 20 52 6f 6d 62 6f 78 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 | Rombox problems| 00000390 2c 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 1a 20 6e 6f 74 1a 20 |, I could. not. | 000003a0 75 73 65 1a 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c |use. this and al| 000003b0 73 6f 20 49 20 72 65 61 6c 69 73 65 64 0d 74 68 |so I realised.th| 000003c0 61 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 6d 65 6d 62 65 |at not all membe| 000003d0 72 73 20 68 61 76 65 1a 20 53 57 1a 20 52 41 4d |rs have. SW. RAM| 000003e0 2e 1a 20 20 49 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 68 6f 75 67 |.. I then thoug| 000003f0 68 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 |ht of the possib| 00000400 69 6c 69 74 79 20 6f 66 0d 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 |ility of.writing| 00000410 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 61 72 61 6d 20 61 73 | the progaram as| 00000420 20 61 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 4d 2f 63 6f 64 65 | a normal M/code| 00000430 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0d 0d 49 20 68 61 76 | program...I hav| 00000440 65 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 |e included the s| 00000450 6f 75 72 63 65 1a 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 1a |ource. programs.| 00000460 20 28 73 75 66 66 69 78 65 64 20 73 72 63 29 20 | (suffixed src) | 00000470 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 |so that you may | 00000480 61 6c 74 65 72 0d 74 68 65 6d 20 69 66 20 79 6f |alter.them if yo| 00000490 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |u wish and will | 000004a0 68 65 6c 70 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 74 6f 20 64 |help anyone to d| 000004b0 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 66 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 |o this if necess| 000004c0 61 72 79 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ary.. | 000004d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000500 20 20 20 20 0d 42 6f 74 68 20 67 69 76 65 20 74 | .Both give t| 00000510 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 72 61 6e 67 65 1a 20 6f |he same range. o| 00000520 66 1a 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 1a 20 62 75 74 |f. commands. but| 00000530 1a 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 |. need to be use| 00000540 64 20 69 6e 20 61 20 73 6c 69 67 68 74 6c 79 0d |d in a slightly.| 00000550 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 77 61 79 20 73 6f |different way so| 00000560 20 49 20 73 68 61 6c 6c 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 62 | I shall describ| 00000570 65 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |e the operation | 00000580 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 65 6c 79 2e 0d 0d 52 4f 4d |separately...ROM| 00000590 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 0d 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e | Version.~~~~~~~| 000005a0 7e 7e 7e 7e 0d 41 66 74 65 72 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 |~~~~.After loadi| 000005b0 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 53 57 1a |ng this into SW.| 000005c0 20 52 41 4d 1a 20 69 6e 1a 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 | RAM. in. the us| 000005d0 75 61 6c 20 77 61 79 2c 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d |ual way, the com| 000005e0 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 0d |mands available.| 000005f0 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 6c 69 73 74 65 64 20 62 79 |can be listed by| 00000600 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 | using the comma| 00000610 6e 64 20 2a 48 45 4c 50 1a 20 50 43 4f 44 45 53 |nd *HELP. PCODES| 00000620 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 6c 69 74 |. This is a lit| 00000630 74 6c 65 20 6c 61 72 67 65 72 0d 74 68 65 20 74 |tle larger.the t| 00000640 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f |he screen and so| 00000650 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 | will need to be| 00000660 20 73 63 72 6f 6c 6c 65 64 20 62 79 20 70 72 65 | scrolled by pre| 00000670 73 73 69 6e 67 20 53 48 49 46 54 2e 0d 0d 54 68 |ssing SHIFT...Th| 00000680 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 |e commands are s| 00000690 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 65 6e 74 65 72 65 64 20 74 68 |imply entered th| 000006a0 65 20 75 73 75 61 6c 20 77 61 79 20 61 6e 64 1a |e usual way and.| 000006b0 20 61 6e 79 1a 20 6e 75 6d 64 65 72 20 63 61 6e | any. numder can| 000006c0 20 65 6e 74 65 72 65 64 0d 74 6f 1a 20 73 65 74 | entered.to. set| 000006d0 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 | up the printer | 000006e0 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 2e 20 20 49 66 |as you wish. If| 000006f0 20 74 68 65 20 52 4f 4d 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 73 65 | the ROM. is. se| 00000700 74 1a 20 75 70 1a 20 69 74 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 61 |t. up. it. is. a| 00000710 6c 73 6f 0d 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 |lso.possible to | 00000720 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 73 20 69 6e |use the codes in| 00000730 20 61 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d | a BASIC program| 00000740 2e 0d 0d 4d 2f 43 6f 64 65 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f |...M/Code Versio| 00000750 6e 0d 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |n.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 00000760 0d 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 1a 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 |.This is. writte| 00000770 6e 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 26 35 30 30 30 1a 20 73 6f |n. to. &5000. so| 00000780 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6f 75 74 20 | that it is out | 00000790 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |of the way of th| 000007a0 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 75 73 65 64 0d 70 61 72 74 |e most used.part| 000007b0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2e 0d | of the memory..| 000007c0 0d 4f 6e 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |.On running the | 000007d0 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 62 79 20 67 69 76 69 6e |program by givin| 000007e0 67 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 1a |g. the. command.| 000007f0 20 2a 50 43 53 2c 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 63 6f 64 | *PCS,. the. cod| 00000800 65 73 1a 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 0d 64 69 73 70 |es. will be.disp| 00000810 6c 61 79 65 64 2e 1a 20 20 54 68 65 6e 1a 20 61 |layed.. Then. a| 00000820 66 74 65 72 1a 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 1a 20 |fter. pressing. | 00000830 53 50 41 43 45 2c 1a 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 |SPACE,. the note| 00000840 20 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 70 72 69 6e 74 | on column print| 00000850 69 6e 67 20 69 73 0d 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 61 6e 64 |ing is.shown and| 00000860 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 65 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 66 | the cue given f| 00000870 6f 72 20 65 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |or entering the | 00000880 63 6f 64 65 73 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 |codes...These ar| 00000890 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 61 73 1a 20 66 |e the same as. f| 000008a0 6f 72 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 52 4f 4d 1a 20 76 65 |or. the. ROM. ve| 000008b0 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 |rsion but I have| 000008c0 20 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 | arranged that t| 000008d0 68 65 0d 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 1a 20 77 69 6c |he.commands. wil| 000008e0 6c 20 62 65 20 61 63 63 65 70 74 65 64 20 77 69 |l be accepted wi| 000008f0 74 68 20 6f 72 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 |th or without th| 00000900 65 20 27 2a 27 2e 1a 20 20 41 66 74 65 72 1a 20 |e '*'.. After. | 00000910 65 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 1a 20 74 68 65 0d 63 6f |entering. the.co| 00000920 64 65 73 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 |des it is necess| 00000930 61 72 79 20 74 6f 1a 20 62 72 65 61 6b 1a 20 6f |ary to. break. o| 00000940 75 74 1a 20 6f 66 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 70 72 6f |ut. of. the. pro| 00000950 67 72 61 6d 2e 1a 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e |gram.. This can| 00000960 20 62 65 20 64 6f 6e 65 0d 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 1a | be done.simply.| 00000970 20 62 79 1a 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 1a 20 52 | by. pressing. R| 00000980 45 54 55 52 4e 1a 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 65 |ETURN. without e| 00000990 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 61 20 63 6f 64 65 2e 20 |ntering a code. | 000009a0 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 70 72 | You can also pr| 000009b0 65 73 73 0d 45 53 43 41 50 45 20 6f 72 20 42 52 |ess.ESCAPE or BR| 000009c0 45 41 4b 2e 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 1a 20 65 6e |EAK. If you. en| 000009d0 74 65 72 1a 20 61 1a 20 77 72 6f 6e 67 20 63 6f |ter. a. wrong co| 000009e0 64 65 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 |de, the program | 000009f0 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 74 6f 70 20 77 69 74 68 0d 74 |will stop with.t| 00000a00 68 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 27 42 61 64 20 |he message 'Bad | 00000a10 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 27 2e 0d 0d 0d |command'....| 00000a1c
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