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Definedraft downloadcharacter(s)
IBM
<ESC> =
al>
4>
<DC4> cm> d>
cd>
cdl>
... 411>
I IBh
3Dh cd>
4>
14h cm> cal> cd>
ail>
... 42>1
27
61
al>
42>
20
->
al>
cd>
41>
... 411>
Thecommandaboveenablesthe definitionof "soft"charactersto be downloaded.
This commandis only valid if "DOWNLOAD"has been selectedin the RAM
USAGEmenuof theMemorySwitch(seeChapter3 fordetails),and thedraftmode
hasbeen selectedbeforethis commandis executed.
The followingrules are observed.cnl> and d>
give the numberof bytes of
characterdata that will follow.cm is the charactercode of the frostcharacter
defined.al> and CU2> are attributesbytes. ' <all>to cdll> are thecharacterdata,
and are the sameas in cESC> "&". Theatrnbutebyte d> indicateswhetherthe
characters anascender(notusingthelowestofthenineverticd dots)ora descender
(notusingthe highestdot) and whetherit has a downwardextensionto 12dots.
The atrnbutebyte d?> givesproportional-spacing i nformation. B it 7 is ignored.
Bits4 to6 specifytheoffsetto thefwstbyteprinted(Oto 7),enablingleadingspaces
inthecharactertobeignored. B itsOto3 specifythewidthofthecharactercell(maxi-
mum 11 dots).The characterwill be followedby a mandato~ blank dot column
whichis not includedin thiswidth.
Charactersdefinedby this commandcan be selectedby cESb % 1,cESC> 14,
cESC> 15, or cESC> 16.
Define NLQ downloadcharacter(s)
Both
<ESC>
&
<NUb
<cl>
<C2>
cab
Cal>
d>
<*
. . .
'C*
I IBh
26h
OOh
ccl>
<C2>
cab
I
Cal>
d>
<*
...
<0
27
38
0
ccl>
<C2>
-b
Cal>
cd>
<m
...
<0
Thecommandaboveenablesthedefinitionof "soft"charactersto be downloaded.
Thefollowingrulesareobserved. < cl> andec2> arebinaryvalueswhichdetermine
the characterrange which will be replacedby downloadeddata. For instance,if
ccZ>=20handec2>=30h,all charactersfrom20hthrough30hwillbe overwritten
by thedownloaded data.Ifa downloaded characteris storedin thearea80hthrough
9Eh, it can only be printed in the characterset #2 mode. It is possibleto store
downloadedcharactersin the part of the characterset reserved for IBM block
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