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- ├ANNON ╨╩-1080┴ DRIVERS FOR ┬ASIC 8 INFO.
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- ╘HE ONE ASPECT OF ┬ASIC 8 THAT ╔ APPRICIATE THE MOST IS IT'S OUTSTANDING COLOR
- RESOULTION ON A ├┬═ 8 BIT MACHINE. ╒NTILL ╔ RECENTLY OBTAINED A ├ANNON ╨╩-1080
- ├OLOR ╔NK ╩ET PRINTER, IT WAS FRUSTRATING NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE COLOR
- PRINTOUTS OF SOME OF THE FINE GRAPHICS AVAILABLE. ═ONOCHROME PRINTOUTS LOST
- MUCH OF THE IMPACT OF THE SCREEN DISPLAY.
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- ╘HE ├ANNON MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, BUT STILL DID NOT QUITE GIVE A PRINTOUT
- THAT MATCHED THE SCREEN. ╘HE ├ANNON HAS ONLY 8 COLORS AVAILABLE, WHILE ┬ASIC 8
- USES 16. ┴FTER DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH, ╔ REALIZED THAT ┬ASIC 8 REALY ONLY USED
- 8 COLORS WITH THE OTHER 8 BEING LIGHTER OR DARKER SHADES OF THOSE. ╒PON
- EXAMINING THE SOURCE CODE INCLUDED IN THE ┬ASIC 8 MANUAL, ╔ FELT THAT ╔ COULD
- WRITE A WEDGE THAT COULD MODIFY THE LIGHTER AND DARKER SHADES TO GIVE A PSEUDO
- 16 COLOR RESOLUTION. ╫HAT THE WEDGE ENDED UP DOING IS ADDING A WHITE PIXEL FOR
- LIGHTER SHADES AND A BLACK PIXEL FOR DARKER SHADES EVERY FOURTH PIXEL. ╘HESE
- CHANGED PIXELS ARE STAGGERED EVERY SCANLINE AND PRODUCE A NICE SHADING EFFECT.
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- ╔ HAVE TESTED IT ON MANY PICT FILES AND MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, HAVE A MUCH
- BETTER LOOK TO THEM USING THE MODIFIED DRIVER. ╔T ESPECIALLY SHINES ON THOSE
- GRAPHICS THAT ARE TRYING TO PRODUCE A SHADING EFFECT OR THOSE HAVING A BLACK
- BACKGROUND WITH DARK GREY IN THE FOREGROUND.
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- ╔NCLUDED IN THIS ┴╥├ FILE ARE THE ORIGINAL ├ANNON DRIVER (╨.╚├-├┴╬╬╧╬8), THE
- MODIFIED ├ANNON DRIVER (╨.╚├-├┴╬╬╧╬16), THE SOURCE CODE FOR THE MODIFIED DRIVER
- (├┴╬-═╧─.╙╥├) IN ├┬═ ├64 ASSEMBLER FORMAT AND THIS INFO FILE.
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- ╘O USE THESE PRINT DRIVERS WITH APPLICATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOAD PRINT
- DRIVER OPTION, JUST ┬╠╧┴─"─╥╔╓┼╥ ╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼",┬0,╨26064 BEFORE RUNNING THAT
- PROGRAM.
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- ╟ARY ╓AN╟ELDER
- ╓╧┘┴╟┼╥-1 ON ╟┼NIE
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