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DIAGRAM/News
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_16.ADF |
| Filename: | DIAGRAM/News |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 09A4 bytes |
| Load address: | 4E204556 |
| Exec address: | D737765 |
File contents
News of DIAGRAM Well Diagram seems to have attracted a lot of interest. No doubt we will be seeing some more submissions with illustrations. Mick Comley has got to work on my original programming and produced a version which is more friendly to use and has a number of very useful features. In the new version DIAGRAM2 extra commands can be added by putting a letter into line 50. I have done this with a contrubution from ValBlack. I used a small c and added it thus: +"c" I then put an extra line into the list: IF C%=24 THEN PROCcircle. Mick has also included a drawing of his new keyboard using the new facilities. Val Black sent a routine for drawing circles. It is as she admits a little limited but one of our members will soon sort that out. I have found a printer dump. It is based upon a program in EU from June 1986 and is featured as a review of EU. My printer is a Star LC10. I have adapted the code to suit its peculiarities. As originally written the printing was single bit image which produced a large drawing but cut a quarter off the side. I changed this to double bit image by altering line 380 from LDA #75 to LDA #76. This printed a drawing about one third the size but made squares into rectangles. So I reduced the line spacing by a half by altering line 320 from LDA #8 to LDA #4. I have tried to change the starting and finishing points so that the titles at the top and bottom of Diagram2's screen are not printed but havn't been successful so far. Perhaps someone might be able to fix this. The code on this disk is the code for my printer which is LX-800 compatable. If the code does not work too well on your printer try adapting the source code which is listed. You will however need to refer to your printer's manual. Some printers will not like this code at all however. If yours doesn't then write in saying what printer you have giving a full description of the problems. Some printers will need a different dump altogether. If yours is one of these then write in saying what printer it is. I unfortunately only have one printer so this will probably be the only dump I will be able to produce. I do intend to work further on this dump and try to combine the code with the text file code from the menu. This is taking some time and I am being nagged by a few members for this disk. However I must emphasise once again that I can only work with one printer as it it the only one I own.
00000000 4e 65 77 73 20 6f 66 20 44 49 41 47 52 41 4d 0d |News of DIAGRAM.| 00000010 0d 57 65 6c 6c 20 44 69 61 67 72 61 6d 20 73 65 |.Well Diagram se| 00000020 65 6d 73 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 74 74 72 |ems to have attr| 00000030 61 63 74 65 64 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 69 |acted a lot of i| 00000040 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 2e 20 4e 6f 20 64 6f 75 62 |nterest. No doub| 00000050 74 20 77 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 0d 62 65 20 73 65 |t we will .be se| 00000060 65 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 73 |eing some more s| 00000070 75 62 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 |ubmissions with | 00000080 69 6c 6c 75 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e 0d 0d |illustrations...| 00000090 4d 69 63 6b 20 43 6f 6d 6c 65 79 20 68 61 73 20 |Mick Comley has | 000000a0 67 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 6d |got to work on m| 000000b0 79 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 70 72 6f 67 72 |y original progr| 000000c0 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 6f 64 75 |amming and produ| 000000d0 63 65 64 20 61 20 0d 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 77 |ced a .version w| 000000e0 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 66 72 69 |hich is more fri| 000000f0 65 6e 64 6c 79 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 61 6e 64 |endly to use and| 00000100 20 68 61 73 20 61 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 | has a number of| 00000110 20 76 65 72 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 0d 66 65 | very useful .fe| 00000120 61 74 75 72 65 73 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e |atures. In the n| 00000130 65 77 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 44 49 41 47 52 |ew version DIAGR| 00000140 41 4d 32 20 65 78 74 72 61 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |AM2 extra comman| 00000150 64 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 |ds can be added | 00000160 62 79 20 0d 70 75 74 74 69 6e 67 20 61 20 6c 65 |by .putting a le| 00000170 74 74 65 72 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 35 |tter into line 5| 00000180 30 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 74 |0. I have done t| 00000190 68 69 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 |his with a contr| 000001a0 75 62 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 0d 56 61 |ubution from .Va| 000001b0 6c 42 6c 61 63 6b 2e 20 49 20 75 73 65 64 20 61 |lBlack. I used a| 000001c0 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 63 20 61 6e 64 20 61 64 64 | small c and add| 000001d0 65 64 20 69 74 20 74 68 75 73 3a 20 2b 22 63 22 |ed it thus: +"c"| 000001e0 20 49 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 75 74 20 61 6e 20 65 | I then put an e| 000001f0 78 74 72 61 20 10 0d 6c 69 6e 65 20 69 6e 74 6f |xtra ..line into| 00000200 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 73 74 3a 20 20 20 20 49 46 | the list: IF| 00000210 20 43 25 3d 32 34 20 54 48 45 4e 20 50 52 4f 43 | C%=24 THEN PROC| 00000220 63 69 72 63 6c 65 2e 0d 0d 4d 69 63 6b 20 68 61 |circle...Mick ha| 00000230 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 20 |s also included | 00000240 61 20 64 72 61 77 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 68 69 73 |a drawing of his| 00000250 20 6e 65 77 20 6b 65 79 62 6f 61 72 64 20 75 73 | new keyboard us| 00000260 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 0d 66 61 63 |ing the new .fac| 00000270 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 2e 0d 0d 56 61 6c 20 42 6c |ilities...Val Bl| 00000280 61 63 6b 20 73 65 6e 74 20 61 20 72 6f 75 74 69 |ack sent a routi| 00000290 6e 65 20 66 6f 72 20 64 72 61 77 69 6e 67 20 63 |ne for drawing c| 000002a0 69 72 63 6c 65 73 2e 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 61 73 |ircles. It is as| 000002b0 20 73 68 65 20 61 64 6d 69 74 73 20 61 20 0d 6c | she admits a .l| 000002c0 69 74 74 6c 65 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 65 64 20 62 75 |ittle limited bu| 000002d0 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 6f 75 72 20 6d 65 6d |t one of our mem| 000002e0 62 65 72 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 6f 6f 6e 20 73 |bers will soon s| 000002f0 6f 72 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 6f 75 74 2e 0d 0d 49 |ort that out...I| 00000300 20 68 61 76 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 70 72 | have found a pr| 00000310 69 6e 74 65 72 20 64 75 6d 70 2e 20 49 74 20 69 |inter dump. It i| 00000320 73 20 62 61 73 65 64 20 75 70 6f 6e 20 61 20 70 |s based upon a p| 00000330 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 6e 20 45 55 20 66 72 6f |rogram in EU fro| 00000340 6d 20 4a 75 6e 65 20 0d 31 39 38 36 20 61 6e 64 |m June .1986 and| 00000350 20 69 73 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 64 20 61 73 20 | is featured as | 00000360 61 20 72 65 76 69 65 77 20 6f 66 20 45 55 2e 0d |a review of EU..| 00000370 0d 4d 79 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 69 73 20 61 |.My printer is a| 00000380 20 53 74 61 72 20 4c 43 31 30 2e 20 49 20 68 61 | Star LC10. I ha| 00000390 76 65 20 61 64 61 70 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 |ve adapted the c| 000003a0 6f 64 65 20 74 6f 20 73 75 69 74 20 69 74 73 20 |ode to suit its | 000003b0 0d 70 65 63 75 6c 69 61 72 69 74 69 65 73 2e 20 |.peculiarities. | 000003c0 41 73 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 77 72 |As originally wr| 000003d0 69 74 74 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 |itten the printi| 000003e0 6e 67 20 77 61 73 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 20 62 69 |ng was single bi| 000003f0 74 20 69 6d 61 67 65 20 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 70 |t image .which p| 00000400 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 |roduced a large | 00000410 64 72 61 77 69 6e 67 20 62 75 74 20 63 75 74 20 |drawing but cut | 00000420 61 20 71 75 61 72 74 65 72 20 6f 66 66 20 74 68 |a quarter off th| 00000430 65 20 73 69 64 65 2e 20 49 20 0d 63 68 61 6e 67 |e side. I .chang| 00000440 65 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 75 62 6c |ed this to doubl| 00000450 65 20 62 69 74 20 69 6d 61 67 65 20 62 79 20 61 |e bit image by a| 00000460 6c 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 33 38 30 |ltering line 380| 00000470 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 4c 44 41 20 23 37 35 20 74 6f | from LDA #75 to| 00000480 20 0d 4c 44 41 20 23 37 36 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 | .LDA #76. This | 00000490 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 20 61 20 64 72 61 77 69 6e |printed a drawin| 000004a0 67 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 74 68 69 72 |g about one thir| 000004b0 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 7a 65 20 62 75 74 20 6d |d the size but m| 000004c0 61 64 65 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 20 0d 69 6e 74 |ade squares .int| 000004d0 6f 20 72 65 63 74 61 6e 67 6c 65 73 2e 20 53 6f |o rectangles. So| 000004e0 20 49 20 72 65 64 75 63 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6c | I reduced the l| 000004f0 69 6e 65 20 73 70 61 63 69 6e 67 20 62 79 20 61 |ine spacing by a| 00000500 20 68 61 6c 66 20 62 79 20 61 6c 74 65 72 69 6e | half by alterin| 00000510 67 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 0d 33 32 30 20 66 72 6f 6d |g line .320 from| 00000520 20 4c 44 41 20 23 38 20 74 6f 20 4c 44 41 20 23 | LDA #8 to LDA #| 00000530 34 2e 0d 0d 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 72 69 65 64 |4...I have tried| 00000540 20 74 6f 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 | to change the s| 00000550 74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 66 69 6e 69 |tarting and fini| 00000560 73 68 69 6e 67 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 73 20 73 6f 20 |shing points so | 00000570 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 0d 74 69 74 6c 65 73 |that the .titles| 00000580 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 61 6e 64 20 | at the top and | 00000590 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 6f 66 20 44 69 61 67 72 61 |bottom of Diagra| 000005a0 6d 32 27 73 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 61 72 65 20 |m2's screen are | 000005b0 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 20 62 75 74 20 |not printed but | 000005c0 0d 68 61 76 6e 27 74 20 62 65 65 6e 20 73 75 63 |.havn't been suc| 000005d0 63 65 73 73 66 75 6c 20 73 6f 20 66 61 72 2e 20 |cessful so far. | 000005e0 50 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 |Perhaps someone | 000005f0 6d 69 67 68 74 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f |might be able to| 00000600 20 66 69 78 20 74 68 69 73 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 | fix this...The | 00000610 63 6f 64 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 64 69 73 |code on this dis| 00000620 6b 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 66 6f |k is the code fo| 00000630 72 20 6d 79 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 77 68 69 |r my printer whi| 00000640 63 68 20 69 73 20 4c 58 2d 38 30 30 20 0d 63 6f |ch is LX-800 .co| 00000650 6d 70 61 74 61 62 6c 65 2e 0d 0d 49 66 20 74 68 |mpatable...If th| 00000660 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 |e code does not | 00000670 77 6f 72 6b 20 74 6f 6f 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 6f 6e |work too well on| 00000680 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 74 72 | your printer tr| 00000690 79 20 61 64 61 70 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 0d |y adapting the .| 000006a0 73 6f 75 72 63 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 77 68 69 63 |source code whic| 000006b0 68 20 69 73 20 6c 69 73 74 65 64 2e 20 59 6f 75 |h is listed. You| 000006c0 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 72 20 6e 65 | will however ne| 000006d0 65 64 20 74 6f 20 72 65 66 65 72 20 74 6f 20 79 |ed to refer to y| 000006e0 6f 75 72 20 0d 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 27 73 20 6d |our .printer's m| 000006f0 61 6e 75 61 6c 2e 20 53 6f 6d 65 20 70 72 69 6e |anual. Some prin| 00000700 74 65 72 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 6c 69 |ters will not li| 00000710 6b 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 6f 64 65 20 61 74 20 |ke this code at | 00000720 61 6c 6c 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2e 20 0d 49 66 |all however. .If| 00000730 20 79 6f 75 72 73 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 74 | yours doesn't t| 00000740 68 65 6e 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 69 6e 20 73 61 79 |hen write in say| 00000750 69 6e 67 20 77 68 61 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 |ing what printer| 00000760 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 67 69 76 69 6e 67 | you have giving| 00000770 20 61 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 0d 64 65 73 63 72 69 70 | a full .descrip| 00000780 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 62 |tion of the prob| 00000790 6c 65 6d 73 2e 20 53 6f 6d 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |lems. Some print| 000007a0 65 72 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 61 20 |ers will need a | 000007b0 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 64 75 6d 70 20 0d |different dump .| 000007c0 61 6c 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 2e 20 49 66 20 79 |altogether. If y| 000007d0 6f 75 72 73 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |ours is one of t| 000007e0 68 65 73 65 20 74 68 65 6e 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 |hese then write | 000007f0 69 6e 20 73 61 79 69 6e 67 20 77 68 61 74 20 70 |in saying what p| 00000800 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 69 74 20 0d 69 73 2e 20 49 |rinter it .is. I| 00000810 20 75 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 74 65 6c 79 20 6f | unfortunately o| 00000820 6e 6c 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 70 72 69 |nly have one pri| 00000830 6e 74 65 72 20 73 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c |nter so this wil| 00000840 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 62 65 20 74 68 |l probably be th| 00000850 65 20 0d 6f 6e 6c 79 20 64 75 6d 70 20 49 20 77 |e .only dump I w| 00000860 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 70 |ill be able to p| 00000870 72 6f 64 75 63 65 2e 0d 0d 49 20 64 6f 20 69 6e |roduce...I do in| 00000880 74 65 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 66 75 72 |tend to work fur| 00000890 74 68 65 72 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 64 75 6d |ther on this dum| 000008a0 70 20 61 6e 64 20 74 72 79 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d |p and try to com| 000008b0 62 69 6e 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 77 69 |bine the code wi| 000008c0 74 68 20 0d 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c |th .the text fil| 000008d0 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 |e code from the | 000008e0 6d 65 6e 75 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 61 |menu. This is ta| 000008f0 6b 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 |king some time a| 00000900 6e 64 20 49 20 61 6d 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 0d 6e |nd I am being .n| 00000910 61 67 67 65 64 20 10 62 79 20 10 61 20 10 66 65 |agged .by .a .fe| 00000920 77 20 10 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 20 10 66 6f 72 20 |w .members .for | 00000930 74 68 69 73 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 |this disk. Howev| 00000940 65 72 20 49 20 6d 75 73 74 20 65 6d 70 68 61 73 |er I must emphas| 00000950 69 73 65 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 0d 61 67 61 69 6e 20 |ise once .again | 00000960 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 |that I can only | 00000970 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 6f 6e 65 20 70 72 |work with one pr| 00000980 69 6e 74 65 72 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 69 74 20 74 |inter as it it t| 00000990 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 49 20 6f 77 |he only one I ow| 000009a0 6e 2e 0d 0d |n...| 000009a4
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