Orange Micro Interface The Grappler Operator'S Manual Download Page 17

Page: 17 / 19

GRAPPLER PIN ASSIGNMENTS

Normal

IDS

Function

GRAPPLER

GRAPPLER*

STE

ACK

BUSY

P.E.

22,26

SLCT

N/C

10,20

GND

all others

*GRAPPLERs designed for use with IDS Paper Tiger
printers may be identified by a white asterisk on
the upper right hand corner of the board.

—16—

Summary of Contents for Interface The Grappler

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...ide the Apple except Ø as follows 1 Turn off the power to the Apple This is important to prevent damage to the computer and the Grappler 2 Connect the Grappler cable to the set of pins on the Grappler interface card Make sure that all the pins on the card go into the cable s matching holes Also the cable should point away from the card it will only fit one way 3 Remove the cover from the Apple Thi...

Page 3: ...s occurs check the following 1 The cable is firmly and properly attached to the printer 2 The cable is firmly seated on the Grappler interface card 3 The printer is on 4 The printer is on line 5 There is paper in the printer Note The Grappler will not check for paper on Epson printers 6 The printer is set up for parallel operation Check Appendix B of this manual for proper dip switch settings Once...

Page 4: ...ed on the printer This command must be used before any of the following commands will be accepted by the Grappler PR Ø Turns off the Grappler CTRL I A Append line feeds onto carriage returns Basic will not send a linefeed after a carriage return This means the printhead will return to the left margin but will not advance the paper The Grappler will auto matically issue a linefeed command and advan...

Page 5: ...CTRL InN command the screen will be turned off and printed characters will go only to the printer If you wish characters to appear on the screen while they are being printed use this command CTRL InL Set left margin to nth column All subsequent printing will have n spaces at the start of each line For example when using CTRL I lØL all printing will start in the 1Øth column CTRL InR Set right margi...

Page 6: ... it uses some of the monitor routines Only the forty character screen is printed Eighty character boards are not supported CTRL I CTPL Y Change to new command character CTRL Y To do this type in CTRL I CTRL Y Any control character may be used here instead of CTRL Y but you should avoid characters used by your printer or normal text con trol characters such as CTRL M carriage return CTRL Y CTRL I c...

Page 7: ...e reset key and then reset the printer by turning it off and then on again E Prints and emphasized image EPSON MX 8ØS MX 8ØFT and MX 1ØØ only When in this mode the printer will print two closely spaced dots for every one it would normally print This results in a denser image but printing time is twice as long I Invert the image before printing Normally every white dot on the screen is printed as a...

Page 8: ...mands directly from the keyboard not from a program the Apple will give a syntax error This is normal since Applesoft doesn t recognize this as a valid command To avoid this type a one line program For example 10 PR l PRINT CHR 9 G PR Then type RUN CHART RECORDER MODE A chart recorder prints a continuous graph on a roll of paper If you need to chart more information than can be done on a single HI...

Page 9: ...a horizontal tab the default command character has been changed to CTRL Y If you are listing a file that contains tabs be certain the printer tabs see your printer manual have previously been set PASCAL does not use any of the monitor routines For that reason do not try and turn on the screen with a CTRL Y I command or do a text screen dump CTRL Y 5 Either one will crash the system and both the co...

Page 10: ...ansion protocol and resides in locations C8ØØ to CFFF The entry points and the various RAM variables are listed below N Slot number Cold Entry CNØØ Warm Entry CNØ2 Left Margin 478 ØN Right Margin 678 ØN Line Length 578 ØN Page Length 5F8 ØN Character Counter 4F8 ØN Line Counter 6F8 ØN Current Cmd Char 778 ØN Text Flags 7F8 ØN Text Flag Bit Representations Bit 7 Output high order bit Bit 6 Video tu...

Page 11: ...UTPUT CHARACTER ON STACK LDY lØ SET UP Y REGISTER FOR SLOT 1 PAPER LDA CØ8l Y CHECK STATUS FOR PAPER AND Ø4 CHECK SIT 2 BNE PAPER IF SET THEN NO PAPER RECHECK SLCT LDA CØ8l Y CHECK STATUS FOR PRINTER SELECT AND Ø2 CHECK BIT 1 BEQ SLCT IF ZERO THEN NOT SELECTED BUSY LDA CØSl Y CHECK STATUS FOR PRINTER BUSY AND Ø8 CHECK BIT 3 BNE BUSY IF SET THEN PRINTER IS BUSY OUTPUT PLA REGET OUTPUT CHARACTER STA...

Page 12: ...nts Testing 5Ø PRINT CTRL I CTRL A 5Ø PRINT CHR 9 CNR l Charges tha CTRL I command character to CTRL A 60 PRINT CTRL A 1ØL 6Ø PRINT CHR l lØL Sets left margin to 1Ø notice use of new command character CTRL A 7Ø PRINT THE GRAPPLER 7Ø PRINT THE GRAPPLER Prints The Grappler Notice printing starts at 1Øth column 8Ø PRINT CTRL D PR Ø 8Ø PRINT CHR 4 PR Ø Turns off Grappler If you are not using DOS enter...

Page 13: ... I 5 B 1 6 D 7 I 1Ø CALL 936 2Ø PRINT ENTER THE SLOT YOUR GRAPPLER IN IN 3Ø PRINT AND HIT THE RETUEN KEY 4Ø INPUT S 5Ø POKE 8192 Ø POKE 8193 Ø POKE 66 1 POKE 67 32 POKE 6Ø Ø POKE 61 32 POKE 62 255 POKE 63 63 CALL 466 55 POKE 16297 9 POKE 16390 9 POKE 163Ø2 Ø POKE 162Ø4 Ø 6Ø FOR A 6192 TO 92Ø7 7Ø POKE A 255 FOE C A 1Ø24 TO A 7168 STEP 1Ø24 POKE C B NEXT C 6Ø NEXT A 13Ø PRINT D PR S 14Ø FEINT I G 15...

Page 14: ...LEGRAPHICS APPLESTUFF VAR ANGLE DISTANCE INTEGER PRINT TEXT BEGIN ANGLE 8 Ø INITTURTLE PNNCOLOR NHITE FOR DISTANCE TO 99 DO BEGIN MOVE 2 DISTAMCE TURN ANGLE END REWRITE PRINT PRINTER NRITELN PRINT CHR 25 G USE CHR 25 CTPL Y IN PASCAL END 13 ...

Page 15: ...T NAI4E OF THE GRAPH 5Ø INPUT N 6Ø HGR 7Ø PRINT D BLOAD N A 2ØØØ 5Ø VTAB 22 9Ø PRINT ENTER OPTIONS D I N L E NORMAL 1ØØ INPUT A 1Ø5 IF LEFT A 1 N THEN A 11Ø PHINT D PR S 12Ø PRINT I G A 13Ø PRINT D PR Ø 14Ø TEXT HOME For Integer Basic Users Line 3Ø should be typed with a CTRL D between the quotes Line 4Ø should be typed with a 0151 I between the quotes 5 S l 1Ø CALL 936 2Ø DIM N 3Ø DIMA lØ 3Ø D 4Ø...

Page 16: ...PSON MX 1ØØ S 2 switch 3 must be off S 1 switch 6 must be off and switch 8 must be on I D S 44ØG 445G S 4 switches 5 6 and 7 Must be off S 3 switches 6 must be on and switch 7 must be off Strapping for 44ØG 445G locate beside I D S cable connector 9 6 busy active when high 11 5 strobe data on positive edge 14 1 always remain installed I D S 46ØG 56ØG S 4 switch 5 must be off and switch on S 3 swit...

Page 17: ... Dl 5 25 D2 7 23 D3 9 21 D4 11 19 D5 13 17 D6 15 4 D7 17 ACK 19 18 BUSY 21 12 P E 23 22 26 SLCT 25 7 N C 10 20 GND all others all others GRAPPLERs designed for use with IDS Paper Tiger printers may be identified by a white asterisk on the upper right hand corner of the board 16 ...

Page 18: ......

Page 19: ...ies express or implied and no representative or other person is authorized to represent or assume for Orange Micro any warranty liability beyond that set forth herein This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have additional rights which vary from state to state In case of a problem with a GRAPPLER INTERFACE please notify us of the model aerial number date of purchase and part...

Search results

Summary of Contents for Interface The Grappler

Reviews:

Related manuals for Interface The Grappler

Brands by name

Popular brands

Orange Micro Interface The Grappler, Operator'S Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for Interface The Grappler

Reviews:

Related manuals for Interface The Grappler

Brands by name

Popular brands