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AMSTRAD PCW8512 User Manual (396 pages)

Brand: AMSTRAD | Category: Desktop | Size: 9.36 MB

Introduction
5
Contents
7
Setting up
9
Fitting the Mains Plug
9
Connecting the Keyboard and the Printer
10
Switching on
12
The Main Keyboard
17
The Keyboard with ALT
17
The Keyboard with EXTRA
17
Special Key Combinations
17
Your First Twenty Minutes
18
Postscript
32
Keeping Your Work on Disc
34
Discs for the PCW8256
34
How to Handle Discs
38
Loading and Unloading Discs
38
Making Copies of Discs
40
Notes about Copying
42
Organising Your Work
43
Keeping Your Filing System up to Date
45
Managing Your Discs
46
How to Move about the Screen
47
The Operations Available
48
Word Processing Operations
49
Disc Housekeeping
50
Preparing Discs for Use
52
Making a Start of Day Disc
53
Making a Data Disc
54
Formatting
54
Let's Make a Data Disc
55
A Guide to Locoscript
58
Typing Special Characters
59
Enhancing the Text
62
Underlining
63
How Locoscript Remembers Your Instructions
66
A Bit of Style
68
Using the Simpler Editing Keys
69
The Textual Movement Keys
70
Textual Movement and Editing
71
Deleting Sections of Text
73
Finding a Particular Point in the Text
74
Moving a Section of Text
75
Copying a Section of Text
76
Exchanging One Piece of Text for Another
77
Setting out Text
79
Indenting Text
80
Tables
81
Changing the Tab Settings
84
Changing the Margins
87
Changing an Existing Layout
89
Refining the Appearance of the Text
92
Centring Text
92
Justification
93
Right Justification
93
Using Different Character Sizes
94
Document Layout
96
A New Layout
97
Making Changes
97
Using an Existing Layout
98
Editing a Layout
98
Line Endings
99
Setting out Pages
102
What Is a Page?
102
Changing the Line Spacing
103
Changing the Line Pitch
104
Where to Start a New Page
104
Let Locoscript Choose
105
Making more Fundamental Changes
107
Headings and Page Numbers
110
Setting up Headers and Footers
110
The End Result
114
Cutting and Pasting
116
Maintaining Your Blocks
117
Pasting in Whole Documents
117
Using Phrases
118
Setting up Phrases
118
Maintaining Your Phrases
119
Printing
120
Printing Your Documents
120
The Printer Control State
120
Direct Printing
123
Printing Part of a Document
125
Eliminating Keystrokes
126
Using the Set and Clear Menus
126
Using Abbreviations
127
Doing Without Menus
128
Setting up a Group Template
129
A New Template
129
Editing Template
130
Other Changes to File Header
131
Summaries of Your Documents
132
Lockscript Summarised
133
How Locoscript Views Your Documents
133
Key Features
134
Operating the Menus
136
Locoscript Shortcuts
137
The Set and Clear Menus
137
Avoiding the Menus
137
Summary of the Word Processing Menus
138
The Show Menu
138
Codes
138
Rulers
138
The Emphasis Menu
139
Edit Layout
139
Underline
139
The Style Menu
140
Bold
140
Double
140
Reverse Video
140
The Pages Menu
141
Last Line of Page
141
End Page here
141
Edit Header
142
The Blocks Menu
143
Insert Text
143
Block
143
Troubleshooting
144
Loading and Maintenance
147
Paper for the Printer
147
Autoloading the Printer
147
Continuous Stationery
148
Removing the Tractor Mechanism
148
Changing the Ribbon
149
Adjusting the Print Head
149
Putting a New Cassette in
149
General Hints
150
Using Locoscipt Files in Other Programs
151
Making an ASCII File
151
File Communication
152
Index
153
Locomotive Software
159
Transfer
161
Documentation
161
Breach
161
Exclusions
161
CP/M Plus
169
The PCW8256 Keyboard under CP/M
173
Introduction to CP/M on the PCW8256
174
Getting Started
176
Essential Preparation
177
Using CP/M
179
Using the Utilities
179
What's on Your Discs
179
The Memory Disc
182
Copying Files
183
Organising Your Discs
184
File Sizes
186
Some Shortcuts to Take
188
When Programs Need Two Drives
189
Which Commands to Use
191
Assissing the Available Space
193
Copying Discs
194
Creating Files
198
Creating a Start of Day Disc
199
Editing the Command Line
200
Editing Text Files
201
Starting the Edit
202
Editing Large Files
202
The Editing Commands
203
Moving the Pointer
203
Displaying What You Are Editing
203
Inserting Characters
203
Search and Replace
204
Finishing the Edit
204
ED Error Messages
204
Erasing Files
206
Finding the Size of a File
208
Formatting Discs
209
Listing the Directory
210
Listing a File
212
Operating the Printer
213
Auto-Loading the Printer
213
Other Printer Operations
214
Changing the Paper Settings
216
Troubleshooting the Printer
216
Personalising Your System
218
Generating Command Sequences
218
Extending What Happens When You Load CP/M
218
Making Use of the Function Keys
219
Renaming Files
220
Resetting the PCW8256
221
Shortening the Command Line
222
Searching Additional Discs
222
Including Submit Files in the Search
222
Switching Which Disc Is Read or Written
224
Commercial Software for the PCW8256
225
Suitable Software
225
First Steps
226
Running Ready Installed Software
226
Turnkey Operation
227
Installing the Software
227
Running the Installation Program
228
PCW8256 Parameters
229
Keyboard Operations
229
Printer Operations
229
Screen Operations
230
Graphics on the PCW8256
231
The Pcw8256'S GSX Software
232
GSX Programs for the PCW8256
233
Using Other Printers and Plotters
234
Errors Associated with GSX Programs
236
Technical Information
237
The CP/M Plus Built-In Commands and Utilities
238
Conventions
239
Setting up the Hardware
240
Advanced Programming Tools
240
Dir
241
Dirsys
242
Disckit
244
Copying
244
Single-Drive Systems
244
Two-Drive Systems
244
DISCKIT Messages
246
Erase
246
Get
247
Initdir
248
Pip
249
PIP Options
250
Put
251
Rename
253
Setdef
254
Show
254
Submit
255
Type
256
User
256
Date
257
Device
257
DEVICE Options
258
Language
259
Language Identifierss
259
Palette
260
Paper
260
Setlst
263
Setsio
264
Set24X80
265
Dump
266
Ed
267
ED Commands
268
Gencom
269
Hexcom
269
Lib
269
Link
270
Mac
270
Patch
270
Rmac
270
Save
271
Sid
271
Xref
271
Help
272
CP/M Plus Character Sets
273
The Language Variants
274
Characters Available under CP/M
275
Redefining the Keyboard
278
Setting up the Key Definition File
278
Making the Redefined Keyboard Your Standard
281
The Supplied Set of Expansion Tokens and Expansion Strings
282
The Complete Character Set
283
Advanced Use of the Printer
289
The First Button
290
The Next Button
290
LF and FF
290
Print Quality
290
Further Control of the Printer
291
Paper End Detection
291
Printing Hexadecimal Codes
291
The Final Button
291
Printer Control Codes
292
Printing Text
293
Printing Graphics
294
Page Layout
296
Line Spacing
296
Margins
296
Tabs
297
Print Position Changes
298
Backspace
298
Carriage Return
298
Form Feed
298
Override Paper End Detection
299
Paper Feed
299
Page Length
299
Single Sheet Mode
299
Printer Initialisation
300
Clear Print Buffer
300
Reset the Printer
300
Reset the Print Defaults
300
Typestyles
301
Condensed Text
301
Elite Text
301
Enlarged Text
301
Italic Text
302
High Quality Text
302
Double-Strike
302
Emphasised Text
302
Selecting a Mixed Print Mode
303
Superscripts and Subscripts
303
Special Characters
304
Character Set Variants
304
Extending the Range of Characters that Can be Printed
304
Selecting Zero with or Without a Slash
305
Graphic Effects
306
Dual Density Bit Images
306
Normal Density Bit Images
306
Terminal Characteristics
308
Error Messages
311
Disc Handling Errors
311
Device Errors
312
CP/M Plus Error Messges
312
MAC/RMAC Error Messages
341
LIB-80 Error Messages
343
Overlay Manager Run-Time Error Messages
344
Starting to Use Dr. Logo
356
Directing the Turtle
357
Multiple Instructions
358
Procedures
359
Procedures with Inputs
359
Variables in LOGO
361
Local and Global Variables
361
Editing
362
Saving Procedures
363
A Summary of Dr. Logo Primitives
365
Turtle Graphics
365
Graphics Screen
366
Text Screen
366
Variables
367
Arithmetic Operations
368
Logical Operations
368
Flow of Control
369
Word and List Processing
370
Disc Handling
371
Taking Data from the Keyboard
371
Controlling the Printer
371
Handling Picture Files
372
Primitives Supported on the PCW8256
373
Dr. Logo Error Messages
374
Using the PCW8512
379
Discs and Drives
380
2-Drive System
381
Formatting Discs for Drive B
381
Using Drive B with CP/M
382
Drive B Directory
382
Disc Files
383
Fiels Longer than 16K
384
Copying Using DISCKIT
385
Verifying
386
Using Drive B with Locoscript
386
Creating a File on Drive B
387
Copying a File
388
End User Program License Agreement
389
Important Notice
393

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