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LOADSTAR BRIEFS LITE
The programs in LOADSTAR Briefs
are:
o [TITLE SCREEN VIEWER:] Use this to
check out the title screen again.
Now you can even print the screen!
o [TEXT PRINTER:] Use this to print
the text for any selected programs
all at once, rather than
individually.
o [CONTENTS/DIRECTORY PRINTER:] Use
this (if your printer supports
condensed printing) to print out a
small, concise Table of Contents,
suitable for insertion in the disk
sleeve. It also prints the
directory of any disk.
[TITLE SCREEN VIEWER]
[-------------------]
Since there's a lot of loading
going on when the title screen is
showing, you can't easily capture it
with Super SnapShot, Explode or other
cartridges for grabbing pics. Run
Title Screen Viewer and the picture
will be shown without any loading
taking place.
[TEXT PRINTER]
[------------]
You can print out the Read It
file (the documentation) for any
program by pressing P when you're
reading the text -- OR you can use
TEXT PRINTER to print out selected
text files all at once.
From the TEXT PRINTER menu you
can:
(1) Select File(s) from current dir
(2) Print selected files
(3) Quit to LS Briefs
TEXT PRINTER has three printing
formats: one 65-character column, two
paper-saving 38-character columns, or
three condensed 38-character columns,
which save more paper, but will only
work on Epson compatible printers.
Pick your preferred mode of
emphasis before selecting the style
printout. Our text, which is written
for 38-character screens, doesn't
always format exactly in the
65-character mode.
[C/D PRINTER]
[-----------]
This program will print a nice,
tiny, two-column Table of Contents of
whichever LOADSTAR (Side One) is in
the drive. It will also print out a
tiny, four-column directory of any
disk. The default driver is for a
Star NX-1000 series printer. Try it,
and if it doesn't work properly, you
can create a driver for your
particular printer, as long as your
printer supports the subscript mode,
elite pitch, condensed mode, and x/72
line spacing.
To make a driver, choose the
first option, "Create a printer
driver", get your printer manual and
enter the codes for the prompted
modes. For the Star NX-1000 they are:
Subscript Mode : 27 83 49
Elite Pitch : 27 77
Condensed Mode : 27 15
Line Spacing 7/72" : 27 49
Reset Printer : 27 64
You may have to enter different
numbers for your printer.
Keep the LS disk in the drive
while doing this so that your new
driver can be saved. Once you have a
working driver (in a file called
"driver") you can substitute it for
"driver" on any LOADSTAR disk that
has CONTENTS/DIRECTORY PRINTER on it.
[EMULATOR USERS]
[--------------]
You obviously do not need the
ability to print out the Title
Screen. But the TS Viewer function
[is] quite useful when using the Save
Screen Shot (on VICE).
The Directory and Contents Print
functions produce a nice, one sheet
output when using VICEOut Reader. To
prepare to "print" --
* Press <Alt> and use the Windows
arrow to Minimize VICE.
* Boot VICEOut Reader, click Files >
Open, and navigate to the folder
where the LOADSTAR D81 resides. If a
"viceprnt.out" file exists, click it
once and press the <Delete> key to
get rid of it -- otherwise VICE will
just append the new printing onto the
old file (VICE 1.6 or earlier. VICE
1.7 now deletes the old file before
writing a new one.)
* Press <Alt-Tab> to return to VICE,
and run the Contents or Directory
Printer. Answer <N> to the "CBM 1525
etc" prompt. Continue the Print
process.
* When prompted to turn the printer
on, press <Alt> and click on Settings
> Device Settings, and check that
Device 4, Printer, is enabled. Click
OK.
* When finished, Press <Alt-Tab> to
return to VICEOut Reader. The
"viceprnt.out" file should be
visible. Double-click it to Open it
to the Reader. You can Print out
directly from VICEOut Reader, or Copy
and Paste to your favorite word
processor.
DMM