Msg: 3111 *Conference*
09-06-92 10:07:37
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : FRANK MCJUNKINS
Subj: CGP115
The following tutorial, along with the entire CGP-115 manual of commands may, one day, appear in the (6)TechRef (D)ownload area under the filename CGP115.DO if "perhaps" some Club 100 member would take the time to key the manual into a file and upload it this BBS. ----- The CGP-115 (Aka: Color Graphics Plotter #115) was a 4-pen printing device sold by Tandy/Radio Shack in the early 1980's. The manual showed examples of how to embed CHR$() codes within a BASIC program but there are other ways to drive this printing device; especially from the versatile Model 100 computer family. Driving the CGP-115 from within TEXT mode on a Model 100, 102 or 200 was developed by the late Bill Templeton. USING THE CGP-115 FROM TEXT MODE ON A MODEL 100 Did you know you can change pen colors and draw straight lines when driving your CGP-115 from Model 100 TEXT mode? All you have to do is to embed print codes shown on p.42-43 in the CGP-115 manual, using the M100 "Control P' function. To print the embeded codes from within TEXT you can not use the <PRINT> or <SHIFT><PRINT> command. You must SAVE to the printer, i.e., tap your <F3> function key (SAVE AS:), key in LPT: and hit <enter>. BT 10-Aug-86 a) To change pen colors in TEXT mode: ^] = <CTRL P><Left-Arrow> = CHR$(29) b) To endter Graphics Mode: ^R = <CTRL P><CTRL R> = CHR$(28) c) To draw a box: ^R D100,0,100,-100,0,-100,0,0 d) To draw a multicolor rectangle: ^R C1 D200,0 C2 D200,-50 C3 D0,-50 C0 D0,0 M0,-75 e) To return to TEXT mode: ^Q = <CTRL P><CTR: Q> = CHR$(17) Try this on your CGP-115 plotter from M100 TEXT mode. Insert tabs between the longer string @abcdefghi... for better effect: ^R I Q1 S63 PABC G S0 PABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ R0,-15 It shows how easy it would be to print a spreadsheet sideways, limited only by the number of rows, not columns. <end of file>