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- PLOTDUMP Instructions
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- The PLOTDUMP program sets up a Terminate & Stay Resident routine that
- will dump a graphics image to an Epson compatible dot matrix printer
- when the keys Ctrl and PrtSc are pressed simultaneously. The program
- can dump Hercules graphics images, 640x200 (mode 6) monochrome CGA
- graphics images and 640x350 (mode 16) EGA graphics images inwhich all
- foreground colored objects are displayed against the background (color
- #0). With an EGA image, the background (color #0) is printed as white
- and all other colors are printed as black.
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- The command PLOTDUMP installs the TSR routine in memory. If plot dumps
- are made often then the PLOTDUMP command should be placed in the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file (the file PLOTDUMP.COM must be in the root directory
- or a path must be specified to the directory containing the file).
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- NOTE: In order to dump to a printer a plot drawn by the SPLOT (Screen
- Plot) program, the PLOTDUMP program must be installed in memory before
- making the plot.
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- Technical note: Besides pressing Ctrl PrtSc, a graphics dump can also
- be invoked by calling software interrupt #72h. Besides the interrupt
- #72h vector, the routine also uses the interrupt #73h vector to store
- the string "WGH" as a flag that the routine has been installed.
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- The PLOTDUMP program is protected by copyright law; it is not public
- domain. It is provided with the SPLOT software and its use, other than
- for evaluation purposes, without payment for the SPLOT software is a
- copyright violation. The PLOTDUMP program is provided "AS IS" without
- warranty of any kind.
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