THE PLOTTER is the newsletter of the CCATS User Group, located in OREGON, and is one of the better Club publications, due largely by the expert writing of Dick Wagner and Rod Gowen, both of whom are Sinclair Activists. Thanks Dick!
[address omitted]
July, 11 1988
TS-2068 UP-DATE
1317 Stratford Ave.
Panama City, FL 32404
Dear Bill:
Here are two articles for UP-DATE magazine. The one on using LPRINT CHR$ was based on an inquiry to John Oliger. I was having difficulty in conveniently using OUT 127 with lots of DATA in printer graphics. He suggested trying these two pokes which he hadn’t used (he thought they should work). Well, they did the trick and now I can copy programs direct from source as far as LPRINT CHR$ is concerned. He suggested sending you the idea if it did work.
The second article is from a suggestion in an EPSON printer manual for duplicating DATA in printer graphics. Because the loop for repeating numbers is tied to the numbers produced by READ, the same loop can be used for several sets of repeating numbers. As an example, the DATA in line 90 can be extended from the 60 to 120 dots by duplicating what is there. Line 20 would be changed from “60” to “120”. This should produce a line twice as long by duplicating the original, and just by making these 2 line changes.
Yours truly,
Dick F. Wagner
Editor, THE PLOTTER