This is the third example file for use with TypeSet. By now, you're probably wondering what all the strange questions you're asked in the program are supposed to mean. This is part of the TYPESET.DOC manual on your disc. TYPESET - PREPARATION OF FILES (instructions from Locoscript) TypeSet will not correctly print out "any" file - only files prepared in a special way. This requires you to use Locoscript "Simple Text Files". When you have typed your file into the computer, from Locoscript's Disc Management screen, move over the filename. (As an aside: please remember when typing your file that all Locoscript's printing codes (e.g. bold, italics, pitch etc) have no effect in TypeSet. TypeSet also ignores all characters with ASCII codes greater than 127. This affects mainly accented characters and unusual symbols, which you should avoid. Importantly, however, the pound sign is disregarded. To print a pound sign, just type in a hash symbol in its place - the hash is the symbol that looks like a noughts-and-crosses board and is shown on the keyboard - #. End of aside!) Press f7 in Locoscript 1 (f1 if you use Locoscript 2) and select "Make ASCII file". Then follow the prompts on the third line of the screen. Then use the "Copy file" function (f3 in Locoscript 1, see your manual if you use Locoscript 2) to copy this new ASCII file into Group 0 of your TypeSet disc. TYPESET - INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (a guide to your options) TypeSet is a Mallard BASIC program. To use it, you must start the computer by inserting your CP/M disc. You will see lines roll down the screen just as when you start Locoscript. These will be replaced by a copyright notice and a prompt: "A>". At this prompt type the word: basic then press [RETURN]. Another copyright notice will appear on screen. Then insert your TypeSet disc and type: run "typeset" and press [RETURN]. The program will greet you with the words: Typeset... by K.M. Simons c1990. - the eccentric dot-matrix upgrading program! (Yes, TypeSet is quite an eccentric program. You'll see why, later!) TypeSet then invites you to choose the file from the disc which you want to print. Simply use the cursor (i.e. arrow) keys on the keyboard to move the '*' symbols around the file you want it to print. Then press [ENTER]. TypeSet then requires some more information as it decides how best to print your file. You must press [RETURN] after typing in the figure requested after each question. If TypeSet finds your answer unacceptable, it will ask you it again. If you don't want to proceed, you can just press [STOP]. This returns you to Basic and you can type RUN [RETURN] to get the program started again. These are the questions: Printer width? (Maximum 850, Minimum 250). TypeSet expects you to use A4 paper. This is the measurement along each line of print (i.e. from left margin to right margin). The measure used is 120ths of an inch. Thus if you typed in 360, the resulting printout would be almost exactly 3 inches from margin to margin. Line spacing? (Suggested Minimum is 24). This is the measurement from the base of the first line of print to the base of the next. It is measured in 216ths of an inch, but for the exact measurement you have to add 2 to the figure you typed in. Thus if you typed in 30, each line of the printout would be 32/216ths of an inch below the previous one. If you type in 24, you will find that the lines are quite close together, and so I suggest that you try a larger figure than this unless you are short on space. The maximum figure you are permitted is 250, the minimum is 1 (but if you do type in 1, you will not get a pretty printout. You will get a complete mess! I have only allowed the small figures in case someone wants to design a very small typestyle.) Lines per page? (Maximum is ???). Obviously, this is the number of lines of text that are to be printed on each page. The maximum you are permitted is shown in place of the '???', and if you choose this maximum you will find the printout to be about 10 inches long on each page. You may prefer to ask for a few less lines than this - I can't guarantee that the program will always calculate it correctly. (Programmers may want to know that the calculation is: INT(10*216/(2+llss)) .) The minimum entry you are permitted is 2. To print XXXXXXXX.XXX, use cursor keys to select the font, then press [ENTER]. The program will substitute the XXX's for the file that you selected. You then select the typestyle (or font) you desire in the same way as you selected the file to be printed. The program then reads in the font. Put your paper in at this stage if you haven't already done so. (You need to press [EXIT] whenever the first word of the bottom line of the screen reads "Printer" and the paper is in the printer, ready to be printed on. For further instructions on how to use the printer, please see the manual). The text will print fairly close to the left hand side of the paper. As the text prints, the program shows itself at its most eccentric. Please ignore the miscellaneous numbers that flow down the screen, with comments like and passages of text. They are just there to convince you that the computer is doing something. (Well - actually... they are various ways and means I used to try to eliminate various errors in the program. Just ignore them.) You should not take the disc out until the program has finished. When it finishes, it will type "Finished... do you want to start again?" If you do, just press 'Y' (don't press [RETURN] this time) - if not, press any other key. That was quite a long file. You will also benefit from noting that TypeSet requires TEXT to print, thus long lines of hyphens (as in TYPESET.DOC) will create problems if you try including them in files. That's why you shouldn't use TypeSet on its own manual!