Section
1:
GENERAL
INFORMATION
Welcome to a
new
dimension
in
computing. Because you bought the
Commodore VIC printer, you've added a
great deal of
versitility and
convenience to the
use of your
Commodore
computer. This
manual contains
all
the information you need
to
check out,
hook
up, and operate
your printer, but
in order to get the most out
of
your computer
system you
should continue
to
look
at both your computer's User's Guide and
Programmer's Reference
Manual.
Your VIC
printer
is designed to
operate
through
software control. That means
you have to make the
printer's
operation
part of a program.
For
example
the
VIC-20
has a
TYPEWRITER
cartridge that
comes
in the VIC
SIX-PACK.
It's
designed to operate the printer
by
holding
down
the
SHIFT
key
and pressing
the f/1 Yellow
Function Key.
The VIC Printer prints both capital and small letters,
numbers,
and all the
graphic characters available
on your
computer. It will even print custom made
graphics and charts
that
you
design on
your VIC-20 or Commodore
64.
In
addition
your printer has
a variety of
built-in functions of its own. This is
because your printer
has its
own
computer inside.
The advantages
of this internal computer are
1)
it automatically resets all its
switches
to the starting sequence every time you
turn
the
printer on;
2)
it
contains
its own internal
memory which
means that you can store information
to
be printed
directly
in the printer without
using
up
your computer's
memory.
Your
printer is designed
to connect directly into
your
computer through the
Serial Port
(6-pins). However,
you can connect
your
printer to as many as 5 VIC
disk
drives
by daisy-chaining.
Daisy-chaining
means
connecting
1
peripheral to
your
computer
and
any additional peripherals plug into the Serial
Port
of the
last
item connected.
2.
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