Epson LX-80, Operating Manual

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In pl a cing dots on t h e grid you should remember that you are bui ld -
in g up co lumns of dots to be printed as the head moves acr oss the
p a p e r . Wh e n you place dots on this grid , remember that dots c a n not
go on hori z ontal lines, but they can go on vertical lines so lon g as
th ey do n o t overlap any other dots . As you design your char acters,
dr a w th e d o ts as large as you see them in the exampl e on the l eft in
F i g ur e 8 - 2. If you draw them sma l ler , you may have overlap ping
dot s w ith o ut realizing it.
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It d oes n o t matter if you do accidentally make some of th e dots
over l a ppin g. The program will stil l work, but only one of th e dots
w ill b e printed .
First definition program
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e y ou h a ve drawn your dots on the grid , type in the foll owing
BASIC pr o gr a m and run it . If you are using a slightly non -s t andard
BASIC s u c h as Applesoft BASIC , see Appendix F .