Tally Genicom Matrix Printer User Manual
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Input Data Control Bit 8 = 1
ESC >
Input Data Control Bit 8 = 0
ESC =
Input Data Control Bit 8 unchanged
ESC #
Data Structure
ASCII
ESC ">"
set bit 8 = 1
hex.
1B
3E
dec.
27
62
ASCII
ESC "="
set bit 8 = 0
hex.
1B
3D
dec.
27
61
ASCII
ESC "#"
Removing the settings set for Bit 8 (MSB, most significant bit),
hex.
1B
23
which were set with the use of either ESC = or ESC >
dec.
27
35
Example
10 REM input data control
20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"#";
30 GOSUB 90
40 LPRINT CHR$(27);">";
50 GOSUB 90
60 LPRINT CHR$(27);"=";
70 GOSUB 90
80 END
90 FOR I=97 TO 103:LPRINT CHR$(I);:NEXT I
100 FOR I=161 TO 167:LPRINT CHR$(I);:NEXT I
110 LPRINT LPRINT
120 RETURN
Miscellaneous
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