ACTS5%VAXSWD@rca.COM (05/07/87)
(on his res dumps)
Of course if there is a less brain-damaged or kluged
way of doing this...
I found it!
in my printermate manual there is the following
routine to send bytes directly to the printer:
OUTPUT LDA $CFFF ; TURN OFF CO-RESIDENT $C800 ROMS
LDA $C100 ; TURN ON THE PRINTMATE ROM
LDA DATA ; PUT YOUR DATA IN REGISTER A
LDX #$C1 ; SET X AND Y REGISTERS TO REFLECT
LDY #$10 ; SLOT 1
JSR $C9AA ; CALL THE OUTPUT SUBROUTINE
LDA $CFFF ; TURN OFF THE PRINTERMATE ROM
and the best part is that it works and does echo things on
the screen (like cntr-g's (bells))
however I would not expect this to work on a non printer-mate
card....
Craig (post no bills) Roll