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L I B R A R Y P R I N T E R
Featuring MAGNIPRINT
by e. g. bell and Fender Tucker
One of the main tasks in solving MURDER IN THE MONASTERY is finding
your way around in the Library of St. Isosceles. Once you leave the
Courtyard of the Chimera to go into one of the four rooms that open onto
the yard you are in "triangular" rooms. The name of the saint implies
that the rooms are "isosceles" triangles, meaning that two of the sides
are the same length, but other than that, there are few clues to the
layout of the interior of the Library.
Since I'm annotating the mys-adventure, the obvious thing would be for
the MONASTERY program itself to display a map of the interior of the
Library. However, "monastery" is so large (and duct-taped together) that
I was afraid to add a routine that loads a hi-res map (in Doodle format).
I was especially worried that adding a nifty printing routine like ed
bell's MAGNIPRINT would cause problems.
So what you have here is a separate little program that performs
several functions:
(1) It helps annotate the mys-adventure by displaying and printing out a
map of the interior of the Library.
(2) It demonstrates how to setup a program of your own to use
MAGNIPRINT.
(3) Since it uses CONTROL80, it shows how to use CONTROL80 and MAGNIPRINT
together.
THE LIBRARY PRINTER
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When you run this program you get a menu that allows you to select
printer mode (Epson or 1525). If you're using a 7-pin printer like the
Star NX-1000C (with DIP switch 5 on), the 1525 or the SG-10C, select the
1525 mode. Anything else, use the Epson mode and be sure to put your
interface in the "transparent" mode.
NOTE: On an Star Gemini printer like the SG-10, put your interface in
1525-emulating mode (not transparent) and set for an SG-xx printer. Then
use the 1525 setting in the program.
Then you can choose whether to print a map WITH legend, or a map
WITHOUT legend. If you are interested in truly solving MURDER IN THE
MONASTERY then print out the map without the legend. It will show you the
skeletal room layout but won't show you the names of the rooms. Later, if
you are still stuck in the Library and can't find the two Riddles, you can
print out the map with the legend.
MAGNIPRINT
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If you've written an 80-column program that could use a hi-res screen
print feature, check out the Zero Page article on Side One about setting
up MAGNIPRINT. If you'd like a demo of how a program using MAGNIPRINT
would look, press R right now and you'll see one.
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\\\\\ R - Run RETURN - Menu \\\\\