Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!calway From: calway@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Okidata 92 Message-ID: <2168@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 01:37:50 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2168 Posted: Sat Mar 17 01:37:50 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Mar-84 08:05:56 EST References: dvamc.1121 Lines: 27 To Rich Weiner: When the Cardco interface is set to Upper/Lower Case mode, it converts the C-64's "PET ASCII" to real ASCII. In the process, it wrecks most of the escape code sequences you are likely to send. It adds 32 to the ASC value of any character from CHR$(65) to CHR$(90). For example, ESC-E, which is supposed to go to your printer as the values 27 and 69, actually goes as 27 and 101. Notice that the escape code (27) itself was not affected. To compensate, add 128 to the ASC value of any characters following the escape code if they are from 65 to 90. That way, Cardco will knock them back down to what you really want. To get the E, for example, send a CHR$(197). handy. I recently ordered a TelStar 64 communications package from Eastern House of Winston-Salem, N.C. It arrived quickly, twodays after my phone order, and I was excited about it at first. My feelings are more mixed now. It comes in cartridge form, which is handy. It does everything it is supposed to do: uploading, downloading, sending to printer. It accomplishes those tasks through means of 8K buffers, which you have to dump to disk or printer after the transmission is completed. It will not "stream" to a printer simultaneously as you communicate. The menu structure is clumsy, and if you make a mistake on the menu, you have to start all over. There are no "expert commands" that allow you to bypass the menu. One big plus: it allows you to reassign the ASCII value of any character you might send from the keyboard. It also will convert PET ASCII to real ASCII. Unfortunately, Speedscript does not store text on disk in either PET ASCII or real ASCII. It's something akin to the screen POKE codes. I am working on quickie conversion program and will send you a copy when finished if you are interested. James Calloway News and Observer Box 191, Raleigh, NC 27602 (919) 829-4570