Monarch 9474, Programmer'S Manual

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The data stream uses letters to identify dot counts.
N
CAPITAL letters represent black dots.
N
lowercase letters represent white dots.
Using the chart below, the data stream for row 1 would be:
Dot count:
Row 1: 4 White, 8 Black, 19 White, 8 Black, 4 White
Data Stream:
dHsHd
p
(4 white = d , 8 black = H , 19 white = s )
Use multiple letter codes to indicate strings of same-color dots.
For example: 30 black dots = ZD
9 white dots = ccc
Coding Chart
Black Dots White Dots
#dots Code # dots Code # dots Code # dots Code
1 A 14 N 1 a 14 n
2 B 15 O2 b 15 o
3 C 16 P 3 c 16 p
4 D 17 Q 4 d 17 q
5 E 18 R 5 e 18 r
6 F 19 S 6 f 19 s
7 G 20 T 7 g 20 t
8 H 21 U 8 h 21 u
9 I 22 V 9 i 22 v
10 J 23 W 10 j 23 w
11 K 24 X 11 k 24 x
12 L 25 Y 12 l 25 y
13 M 26 Z 13 m 26 z
The graphic data stream contains a graphic header record
followed by data streams for each row of dots in the image.
Using Graphics 4-3