=+*=+*=›         "GDEVDOC.TXT" 16 Sect.› NOTE: See "GDEVICE.OBJ" 9 Sect. - also› "GDEVINST.BAS"- "GDEVINST.PRT" on this› Mar/Apr 1996 OL' HACKERS NEWSLETTER.›› GDEVICE is from the OCTOBER  ISSUE  of› ANALOG.›   IT  ALLOWS  YOU TO USE YOUR EPSON OR› STAR PRINTER TO PRINT  GRAPHICS,  LIST› FILES,  ETC...  NOT  ONLY  DOES  IT DO› THESE THINGS IT DOES  THEM  IN  ALMOST› ANYWAY YOU CAN IMAGINE.››   IN  FACT  IT  IS  SO  VERSATILE,(THE› ARTICLE  DESCRIBING  HOW  TO USE IT IS› THREE PAGES!), THAT TO USE IT WELL,  A› COPY  OF  THE MAGAZINE ARTICLE (OCT 85› ANALOG)  IS A MUST. ››    THIS   PROGRAM   WILL   CREATE   AN› AUTORUN.SYS  FILE  THAT  YOU  NEED  TO› BOOT.   ONCE  BOOTED  THERE  ARE  FOUR› DEVICES  (G1:-G4:) WHEN LISTING A FILE› TO G: I.E.:››    LIST"G:",   LIST"G3:",   ETC.   THE› DEVICE DOES THE FOLLOWING:›› G1: (G:)  114  CHARACTER  LINE  SINGLE› WIDTH CHARACTERS›› G2:  PRINTS  EACH  LINE  EXACTLY AS IT› WOULD   APPEAR  ON  THE  SCREEN  (LEFT› MARGIN   =2).   USING   SINGLE   WIDTH› CHARACTERS.›› G3:  SAME AS G2: BUT WITH DOUBLE WIDTH› CHARACTERS›› G4: PRINTS  A  60  CHARACTER  LINE  OF› DOUBLE WIDTH CHARACTERS.››› GDEVICE  ALSO  USES WHATEVER CHARACTER› SET THAT IS BEING USED ON  THE  SCREEN› AT  THE  SAME  TIME. GDEVICE EVEN DOES› SCREEN DUMPS!!› GRAPHIC 0, 7+,8› USING XIO FUNCTIONS.›GRAPHIC 0 DUMPS: ›XIO 16,#IOCB,AUX1,AUX2,DEVICE$›IOCB=1-7›AUX1=0,AUX2=0,DEVICE$="G1:"-"G4:"››  TO DO JUST THE FIRST  N  LINES  OF A›GR.0: SCREEN MODIFY THE  XIO  #  USING›THE FOLLOWING FORMULA:›16+N=Z›XIO Z,#IOCB,AUX1,AUX2,DEVICE$››ALL OTHER VARIABLE REMAIN THE SAME.››GRAPHICS 7+8 DUMPS:›IO 64,#IOCB,AUX1,AUX2,DEVICE$ IOCB=1-7›AUX1=0 OR 1 PRINTS SINGLE WIDTH›AUX1=2 PRINTS DOUBLE WIDTH›0AUX1=3 PRINTS TRIPLE WIDTH›AUX2=0 PRINTS NORMAL›AUX2=255 PRINTS INVERSE››DEVICE$="G1:"  OR  "G2:" PRINTS SINGLE›HEIGHT›DEVICE$="G3:" OR "G4:"  PRINTS  DOUBLE›HEIGHT››  THERE  IS  MORE  ABOUT  HOW TO ALTER›LINE  FEEDS,  BUT  THIS  WOULD  ENTAIL›MUCH  MORE DOC.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED›READ THE MAG.››  GDEVICE IS  ALSO  SYSTEM RESET PROOF››  TO  DUMP  A HI RES PICTURE IT HAS TO›BE  SHOWING  WHEN YOU EXECUTE THE XIO.››  USE   "OMNIPRNT.BAS"   ALONG    WITH›GDEVICE  TO  MANIPULATE  YOUR  PICTURE›FILES. SELF DOCUMENTING AND FOLLOW THE›PROMPTS.›                end››