I worked on the map subroutine again today. I spent several hours on it and am stumped. If I can’t find the problem tomorrow, I will post it and see if anyone sees the problem. I print three rooms across…
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Mapper’s Map, Continued
The other night I was working on the print map subroutine of Mapper. My printer sits on a TV tray at the end of my desk. The TV tray is sideways and so is the printer with the paper in…
Mapper’s Map, Continued
I spent a bit of time working on the print map routine today. It’s a little slow going with each change requiring a round of compiling and a test print. It is slow going, but it is going, so I’m…
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Mapper’s Map
I had run into a mental block with the map on Mapper, so I put it aside to mull it over. I had the data in the map file and could read and write it without any problems. In order…
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Sometimes when I’m programming I hit a spot where the code is just not looking right and I have to scrap it. I hit such a spot with the Print Map Subroutine. I scrapped the code I had and just…
Mapper Map
The overall structure for the print map routine of Mapper is in place. I cycle through the rooms collecting the information for three rooms at a time. Once I have three rooms worth of data loaded I print the diagrams…
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Contact and Mapper
In my travels of usenet yesterday I ran across a reference to a user group newsletter from Apple called Contact. Scans of them have been uploaded and you can access them from the Apple Archives. I’ve added a link them…
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Mapper
I went back to work on Mapper again today. I was startled when the printer only printed 80 columns. It took me a while to fix it, but it was actually simple to fix. After you change the configuration in…
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Printer Progress
I tried adding the control codes to allow a width of 255 characters that I mentioned yesterday to my ZBasic program. At the beginning of the report I added an LPRINT CHR$(9);”255N” to no good end. Then I remembered there…
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Less
I made no progress with my printer challenge today. I still haven’t figured out why I can’t get beyond eighty columns. I’m practically positive it can be done, but I’m missing something. The TV is still working out really well…
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