Domino Cubes

EVERY MONTH DOMINO CUBES WILL GIVE UPDATE READERS HINTS AND TIPS ABOUT THE REMARKABLE Z-88 COMPUTER.

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THE BEGINNER’S MANUAL BY MIKE FINK WHICH IS SUPPLIED FREE TO HIS Z-88 CUSTOMERS, WOULD BE OF LITTLE VALUE REPRINTED HERE IF YOU DO NOT YET OWN A Z-88. IF YOU ALREADY OWN THE Z-88, THE ADVANCED MANUAL OFFERS USEFUL HINTS AND TIPS AND EXCERPTS FROM THAT MANUAL WILL BE PRINTED HERE BEGINNING THIS MONTH.

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I WILL BEGIN BY TELLING YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THE Z-88 CAN DO THAT ARE NOT COVERED IN THE CAMBRIDGE MANUAL………….

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1. YOU CAN PRINT DOUBLE WIDTH, ELITE, DOUBLE STRIKE, PROPORTIONAL, OR ANY COMBINATION OF THESE ALONG WITH THE ONES THEY DO MENTION.

2. THE PIPEDREAM SCREEN SHOWS 6; 12 CHARACTER COLUMNS A-F. YOU CAN ADD COLUMS, DELETE COLUMNS, CHOOSE THE WIDTH OF ANY OR ALL OF THE COLUMNS. YOU CAN ADD UP TO 676 COLUMNS!!!!!!!!!

3. YOU CAN INSTANTLY MAKE NEWSPAPER TYPE COLUMNS BY TABS.

4. YOU CAN DO MATHEMATICS INSTANTLY ON THE PIPEDREAM SCREEN WITHOUT MAKING A SPREADSHEET, OR GOING TO BASIC. THE NO. 676 IS THE RESULT OF 26×26. I DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWER BUT AS I WAS TYPING THIS, I NEEDED THAT ANSWER, SO I INSTANTLY FOUND A BLANK SLOT OR LINE, AND PRESSED ◆X, WHICH HI-LIT THE SLOT MY CURSOR WAS IN. I THEN PRESSED 26, WHICH MADE ITSELF VISIBLE ABOVE COLUMN C. THIS WORKING AREA ALLOWS ME TO WRITE THE INFINITE NO. OF MATHEMATICAL PATHS I DESIRE BEFORE I PRESS ENTER. AFTER ENTER, THE MATH CALCULATIONS OCCUR AND THE RESULT IS SHOWN IN THE SLOT YOU HAD THE CURSOR. I CHOSE TO WRITE 26×26 AS 26^2. 26×26 MUST BE 26*26 TO WORK. 26^2 MEANS 26 RAISED TO THE SECOND POWER, OR 26 SQUARED, OR 26 TIMES ITSELF; IN ANY CASE IT GAVE ME THE ANSWER I NEEDED IN LESS THAN 7 SECONDS, WITHOUT MY LEAVING THE SCREEN OR THE DOCUMENT I WAS WORKING ON.

5. I CHOSE TO CHANGE THE 72 CHARACTER WIDE SCREEN, TO A 61 CHARACTER SCREEN. I PRESSED ■ AND THE LEFT ARROW UNTIL THE VERTICAL ARROW IN THE COLUMNS CAME TO REST AT 61, ONE PAST E. I COULD HAVE CHANGED COLUMN A TO WIDTH 61 ALSO, BUT THE WORDS WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY WRAP AROUND UNLESS THERE WAS A PRINTED SCREEN CHARACTER IN THE NEXT SLOT, OR THE ARROW WAS MOVED TO THE RIGHT SPOT. SEE INSERT ON WRAP-OPTIONS PAGE ◆O

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS MONTHLY COLUMN IS TO HELP THOSE WHO OWN THE Z-88 AND TO ENTICE THOSE THAT DON’T, INTO BUYING IT. OF COURSE I HOPE YOU CHOOSE DOMINO CUBES WHEN YOU DECIDE TO BUY THIS WONDERFUL MACHINE.

DOMINO CUBES
355 West 39th St.
NY, NY 10018-1401
Tel: 212 971 5638
President..Mike Fink

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JUSTIFY SHOULD ONLY BE USED WHEN TYPING FONT CODES THAT DO NOT CHANGE THE WIDTH OF THE WORD! JUSTIFY WORKS ONLY ON THE TEXT TYPED AFTER YOU SELECT IT FROM THE OPTIONS PAGE….◆O. IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFERENT SPACING OF THE WORDS THAT HAVE CODES THAT CHANGE THE SPACE THEY USE. THE ONLY CODES THAT ARE USABLE BY JUSTIFY, ARE THOSE WHOSE SPACE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT CHANGE WHEN THE CODE IS APPLIED; IE; BOLD, ITALICS, SUPER AND SUBSCRIPTS.

ALL OTHER CODES, INCLUDING PROPORTIONAL, REQUIRE MANUAL ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE FOUND, THAT FOR ME, IT IS EASIER TO NOT USE THE JUSTIFY, IF I AM USING CODES THAT CHANGE THE WORD WIDTH. PROPORTIONAL KILLS JUSTIFY.

THE MAXIMUM NO. OF CHARACTER WIDTHS FOR ONE PRINTER EDITOR IS 7. THEY ARE SHOWN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PAGE. TO DO THIS, USE THE ELITE.PE, WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN MY ADVANCED MANUAL, MANUAL B. ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY SPECIFICALLY TO MY SQUARE-DOT, C-130, 80 COLUMN PRINTER; ALTHOUGH THEY PROBABLY APPLY TO MOST ALL OF THE OTHER DOT-MATRIX PRINTERS AS WELL!!

THE FIRST STEP IS TO CHOOSE WHICH CHARACTER WIDTH YOU WISH TO USE FOR MOST OF YOUR DOCUMENT. THEN CHOOSE A TOTAL COLUMN WIDTH EQUAL TO THE TOTAL NO. OF CHARACTERS THAT WIDTH CAN PRINT ON AN 80 COLUMN PAGE, LESS 2 MARGINS. THE LEFT MARGIN YOU CHOOSE FROM ◆O, AND THE RIGHT MARGIN BY MOVING THE VERTICAL ARROW, (TO THE LEFT OF COLUMN F ), TO THE NEEDED POSITION, WITH ■–>, OR ■<–. THE SCREEN STARTS YOU OFF WITH SIX 12 CHARACTER COLUMNS, ASSUMING YOU WISH A 4 CHARACTER MARGIN LEFT AND RIGHT, WHICH WOULD ADD UP TO 80 IF YOU USE NORMAL PICA WIDTH CHARACTERS. IF YOU USE NARROWER CHARACTERS, YOU CAN FIT MORE OF THEM IN THE SAME SPACE, BUT THE PRINTER WILL ONLY PRINT THE 72 SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN! IF YOU WISH TO PRINT ON PAPER THE EXTRA CHARACTERS, YOU MUST INCREASE 72 TO WHAT YOU NEED. YOU CAN EITHER, INCREASE THE WIDTH OF ONE OR MORE COLUMNS, OR ADD MORE COLUMNS. IN BOTH CASES THE PAGE MAP WILL NOT LET YOU SEE THESE ADDITIONS, UNLESS YOU NARROW THE PAGE MAP. YOU CAN GO TO ■S AND CHANGE MAP SIZE ACCORDINGLY.

IF YOU WISH TO SEE 7 LINES OF TYPING ON THE SCREEN, INSTEAD OF 6,YOU CAN CHANGE BORDERS ON THE OPTIONS PAGE FROM Y TO N.

YOU CAN USE ITALICS AND BOLD AT THE SAME TIME ON A WORD AND STILL USE JUSTIFY. BOLD DOES NOT WORK ON ELITE NOR CONDENSED.

MORE NEXT MONTH!

  200 REM
  220 PRINT"SET SCREEN WIDTH TO 80 WHILE TYPING PROGRAM!!"
  240 REM
  260 PRINT"THE LEFT AND RIGHT APOSTROPHES ARE NOT SYMMETRICAL ON THE
150; YOU SHOULD USE   THE SINGLE APOSTROPE FOR BOTH. ON THE C-130, THE
 LEFT APOSTROPHE IS REACHED BY DIAMOND THEN APOSTROPHE."
  280 PRINT"THIS PROGRAM WILL PRINT THE Z-88 CHARACTER SET IF YOU USE
THE CLI-PE."
  300 PRINT
  320 PRINT"IF S=85=UNDERLINE; 66=BOLD; 88=EXT.SEQ.; 73=ITALICS; 76=SU
BSCRIPT;    82=SUPERSCRIPT; 65=CONDENSED; AND 69=DOUBLE WIDTH"
  340 PRINT
  360 PRINT"TURN OFF SQUARE + P, TYPE GOTO (NEXT LINE NO), CHOOSE S, T
URN ON          SQUARE + P"
  380 STOP
  400 INPUT"                    INPUT S = "; S
  420 PRINT
  440 P=OPENOUT":PRT.0"
  460 PRINT#P,CHR$(5)+CHR$(91)
  480 PRINT#P,CHR$(5)+CHR$(S)
  500 WIDTH(70)
  520 FORX=32TO126
  540   PRINTX;" = ";CHR$X;
  560 NEXT
  580 FORY=160 TO 163 STEP3
  600   PRINTY;" = ";CHR$Y;
  620 NEXT
  640 PRINT#P,CHR$(5)+CHR$(S)
  660 PRINT#P,CHR$(5)+CHR$(93)

(C) JUN 1989 MIKE FINK