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  2.           PRSWAP                                  John Dickinson
  3.           Command                       PC Magazine Vol 4, No 19
  4.         Copyright 1985 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
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  7.           Purpose:  Converts IBM text-graphics characters into
  8.                     ASCII characters that can be printed by non-
  9.                     graphics printers.
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  11.           Format:   PRSWAP
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  13.           Remarks:  The IBM text-graphics characters (non-
  14.                     standard ASCII 176-223 and 254) programmers
  15.                     often use to make their screen displays look
  16.                     more attractive cannot be handled by many
  17.                     printers.  PRSWAP.COM is a memory-resident
  18.                     program that translates these characters into
  19.                     presentable-looking ASCII substitutes.
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  21.                     PRSWAP should be loaded only once until you
  22.                     power down or hit Ctrl-Alt-Del.  If you
  23.                     intend to use it regularly, the best place to
  24.                     put it is in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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