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ANY PRINTER
by
Gary Fields
COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS MAGAZINE
March/April 1986
p.84
One of the best ways to learn more
about programming is to study the
listings of various programs, to see
how other programmers have used their
ideas and techniques to solve
prgramming problems.
But if you try to print a listing
containing Commodore keyboard
graphics, you might be disappointed.
For one thing, even if you have a
Commodore printer, the printout might
not be informative-- some of the
keyboard graphic characters cannot be
indentified without close comparison
with one another.
And if you have a non-Commodore
printer, your printer might even spew
out gibberish or drop lines of code.
ANY PRINTER translates Commodore
keyboard graphics into English or
ASCII that can be read by any
printer. This means that a
cursor-down symbol, for example, is
printed as (CRSR D). Thus any
listing, even if you do have a
Commodore printer, can be much easier
to read if ANY PRINTER is used.
ANY PRINTER translates both program
and sequential files, and lets you
skip to any desired position in the
file before you begin printing.
To use ANY PRINTER, you must of
course have the program you want to
read stored on disk.
After loading ANY PRINTER, insert
the disk that has the program you
want to read. After a quick title
screen, you will be asked if you want
to see the disk directory to check
the spelling of the program. RETURN
defaults to "no" and sends you to the
next screen.
If you answer (Y)es, however, the
disk directory will be displayed,
allowing you to see the spelling and
type (program or sequential) of your
program. When you have seen the
correct filename, input "Y". You
will be asked if the program is a
(P)rogram or (S)equential file. ANY
PRINTER then asks if you want the
program to go to the (S)creen or the
(P)rinter.
Next, the program asks if you wish
to skip past the beginning of the file
to any point in the file before you
start printing. This option can save
a great deal of your time, not to
mention paper.
Hitting F1 at any time stops the
printing. Lastly, you will then be
asked if you want to use ANY PRINTER
again.
FILES REQUIRED:
ANY PRINTER
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