Commodore MPS 1200 - Page 56

Elite Pitch
Format
BASIC
Hex
ON
chr$(27) "M"
1B CD
OFF
chr$(27) "P"
1B DO
You tell the MPS 1200 to change to 12-pitch elite by sending the
command ESC M. To change back to 10-pitch pica, send the
command ESC P.
To see the difference between 10- and 12-pitch, run the following
program:
U) op en 1 , 4. 7
2(' pl·'int#l, cht'$ (27) "P"
3(1 pt'int#l, "Compat'e this line in 12 pitch elite"
4(' pt'int#l, cht'$ (27) "M"
5') pt"'int#l,"to this line in H' pitch pica":pt'int#l
6(' print#l, cht'$ (27) "P"; "You can also have"cl·1I"'$ (27) "M" :.i
7(' pt·'int#l," both pitches in one line";cht'$(27)"P";
8(1 p t' i n t # 1," if you 1 ike. "
1(") close 1
Compare this line in 12 pitch elite
to this line in 10 pitch pica
You can also have both pitches in one line if you like.
You will see these results:
The semicolons in program lines 60 and 70 tell BASIC not to send a
carriage
return and line feed at the end of the print statement. This
BASIC technique allows you to send the MPS 1200 strings of
characters mixed with commands and still have everything print on
one line.
Pitch can also be changed
with the master pitch command, ESC-3,
and with the master select command, ESC !. These master com-
mands are described later in this chapter.
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