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Is WP-ARC.TI Compatible with my hardware?
Hardware requirements:
Console, TV or monitor, 32K, XB, 2 disk drives, either CorComp disk controler &
CorComp Disk Manager program or TI disk controler and EA module,
7 bit daisy wheel printer.
If you have the TI disk controller, you need the EA module.
If you have the CorComp disk controller, you do NOT need the EA module.
IMPORTANT! Printer MUST IGNORE 8th bit! A daisy wheel printer which uses the 8th
bit to access special characters is INCOMPATIBLE with WP-ARC.TI as the 8th bit
is used as a flag by the EDITOR to tell the formatter to precede the 7 bit
character with CHR$(27). [Send an escape sequence to the printer].
Printer MUST recognize the following control codes and escape sequences and the
stated meaning for each:
Control H = Backspace
Control I = Horizontal Tabulator
Control J = Line Feed
Control L = Form Feed
Control M = CR
Control S = Wait for operator to press SEL button on front panel before resuming
printing
CHR$(27) = Escape
Escape sequences:
Esc+BS = 1/120" backspace in Proportional spacing mode
Esc+HT+n = Absolute Htab. Example: Esc+HT+CHR$(6) = HTAB to 6th whole character
position or 50/120" from left margin.
Esc+LF = Reverse line feed
Esc+FF+n = Page length set (in lines). Example: Esc+FF+CHR$(66) = set page
length to 66 lines (11 inches).
Esc+CHR$(31)+n = set character horizontal pitch to (n-1)/120"
Example: Esc+CHR$(31)+CHR$(11) = set pitch to 10/120" per
character. or 12 characters per inch.
Esc+" = Auto LF on. When sent, CHR$(13) causes both CR & LF
Esc+& = Clear Shadow printing, double strike or (if the printer has it)
boldface.
Esc+1 = Set an HTAB stop at current position
Esc+A = Switch to spool ribbon (usually a red ribbon where the correction
ribbon would be on an electronic typewriter).
Esc+B = Return to normal black cartridge ribbon
Esc+C = Clear top & bottom margins
Esc+D = Feed paper back 1/2 line for superscript or return from subscript
Esc+E = Start auto underline
Esc+P = Switch to PROPORTIONAL SPACING mode regardless of previous
horizontal pitch setting
Esc+R = Stop auto underline
Esc+U = Feed paper 1/2 line for subscript or return from superscript
Esc+W = Start SHADOW printing (print character then advance printhead 1/120"
then restrike same character)
Esc+Y = Print "cents" character on an ASCII or American English typewriter
daisy wheel, or the Greek letter "mu" (as in microfarads)
on a German/DIN 2137) daisy wheel
Esc+Z = Print a "reverse grave" with an ASCII daisy wheel (character
printed may vary with other character sets)
If your printer acceps ALL of the above control codes and escape sequences, and
also accepts other escape sequences while IGNORING the 8th bit, then your
printer is 100% compatible with WP-ARC.TI
The Brother printers (HR-15XL, HR-25, & HR-35) [parallel interface]
and the Comrex ComRiter CR-IIE [parallel interface] are known to be 100%
compatible, and there may also be other 100% compatible printers I am not
aware of.
Try FASTERM to download. 4A/TALK is notorious for turning a Dis/Fix 128 file
(the compressed ---ARC.TI files) into Dis/Var 80 files on download.
[unreadable by the UNARC function of ARCHIVER.TI ]