Franklin ACE 500, User'S Reference Manual

Page 1: ...I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Frank ACE 500 User s Reference Manual TECHNICAL SUPPORT 6091 488 5454 ...

Page 2: ... I I I I I I I I I Frank Computer ACE 500 COMPUTER USER S REFERENCE MANUAL Franklin Computer Corporation Route 73 and Haddonfield Road Pennsauken NJ 08110 609 488 0666 This manual is Franklin Pan Number FP 700020 ...

Page 3: ...rpreter are held be Microooft Corporation Copyright 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 All rights are reserved rRAl KLIN COMPUTER CORPORATION FRANKL CE and l RA KLIJ DOS 2 arc tradcmarl of Franklin Computer Corporatioo All rigbis arc rt ned The folio ing trademark 0 nc tl by the indicated panics arc in this manual Apple Apple II Apple lie Apple lie Applesol I Appleworks und ProDOS ownc d by Apple Computer I...

Page 4: ...Computer Corporation acknowledges the assisUIDce ofthe following in 1he development of 1he CF 500 Kurt A Goszyk System Design Roben L Grieb F lcctronu s Design Ngoc Minh Luong McchBnocnl Design David M McWhener Jr Sonware Design David 0 Tolman Publicmion1 iii ...

Page 5: ...oeiver Mo e the computer away from the receiver Plug the computer mto a different outlc1 so that computer and recei er are on dif ferent branch circuits If necessary 1he u er hould co1t ult the dealer or an expencnced rad1oltclc t 1on technician for add11ional suag uons The user may find the follo 1ng booklet pre par d by the federal Commumcauons Commission helpful How to Jdenufy and Re 0hc Radio ...

Page 6: ...the end user pro vided hat such sale or transrer shall be subject 10 the limitations on Franklin s and Microsoft s liability and of the limited license exprcs d herein THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IN THIS MANUAL IS PRO VIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KfND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRAN TIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR POSE THE ENTIRE...

Page 7: ...E MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN SUCH CASE FRANKUN S OR MICRO SOFT S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THIS COMPUTER PRODUCT This hccn e is the onl agrcemcnl bcl ecn I he end user and Franklin or M1 fOISOft with regard to the soft arc and 1hall not be modified b repre cnU111on orany third party For 1nforma1ion about revision 10 sof1ware described in thi manual you should perio...

Page 8: ...er on determination by Franklin in its sole dJSCreuon that the product v os defective and that sucb defect ar e wuh1n the duration or hmtlcd Ooanant Tim wananty duo not appl 1f m the o l c d rctton of Franklin lhc product has been damaged by accident abuse misuse or misapplication or as a re uh ofser ice or modification by any party including any dealer other than Frnnkhn or 1f the Franklin serial...

Page 9: ...1TED BY LAW DOWNTIME GOODWILL OR ANY COST OF REPROGRAMMING OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA UNLESS OTllERWISE CON TRARY TO APPLICABLC LAW FRANKLIN S LIABILITY SHALL IN NO CASE EXCEED TliE CONTRACT PRJCE PAJD FOR THE PRODuCT CLAIMED TO BE DEFECTIVE This wananiy shall nor be applicable to the extent that the enforcement ofany provi sio11 may be prohibited b applicable lav This warranty giVe you sp...

Page 10: ...hn1 1er 2 Getting Started 2 1 Summary I 2 1 Features Of The ACE 500 Computer 2 3 Geumg Acquam1 ed With The ACE 500 C omp111cr 2 4 Front Panel Switches I 2 6 Front Panel LED lndica1or l 1ghlS 2 7 Back Panel Connectors 2 8 Semng Up Your ACE 500 Computer 2 8 Connecting The Po er Suppl I 2 9 Connecting The Video 1omtN 2 10 Connecting An RGB Monitor 2 11 Choosing The RGB 1onitor Configura1ion I 2 13 lu...

Page 11: ... I 4 2 D1 k Drives For Your Computer 4 3 D1 kClle i For Your Computer 4 4 The ACE 500 Frnnkhn DOS 2 System Diskellc I 4 6 Making Backup Copic Of Your Franklin DOS 2 Diskeue 4 6 One Disk Drive System 4 7 Two Disk Drive Sy tcms I 4 8 Cntnlog Of A Oi kcue 4 10 35 And 40 Track Di ke1tc Formal I 4 11 Diskcuc File Nnmc 4 12 SloLI Drivcs And Volume I 4 13 Stan1ng Franklin DOS 2 4 14 Making Roo111blc Di k...

Page 12: ...Fonnat A Diskette I 5 9 File Management Command 5 10 Selecuon S Sbo The riles On A Diskette 5 11 Selecuoo D Delete Files 5 11 Select100 L Lock f des I 5 11 Selection U Unlock Files 5 11 Selection V Vcnfy Fil 5 12 Selection C Copy Fil I 5 13 BOOTI3 Program 5 13 CHAIN And CHAIN2 Program 5 13 VERIFY Program I 5 13 DIAGNOSTICS Program 5 13 RAM Disk Programs 5 14 The FRAMDISK Program 5 16 The RAMTEST P...

Page 13: ...mming Features I 7 3 One Key BASIC Editing Commands 7 4 AlphabcLic Listing Of BASIC Commands 7 9 Reserved Words In BASIC I 7 11 Franklin BASIC Error Messages Chapter 8 Function Keys I 8 1 Summary 8 1 ACE 500 Computer Fuoctioo Keys I 8 2 Using The Function Keys 8 2 Default Function Key Definitions 8 3 Programming The Function Keys I 8 4 Using A Start Up File Chapter 9 The Display 9 1 Summary I 9 1 ...

Page 14: ...ware Command Summal I Chapter I0 Input And Output 10 1 Summary IG 1 Parallel And Serial Communicauon I IG 2 Making The Parallel Connection 10 4 Making The Serial Connection 10 4 Configuring The Serial Interface I 10 5 Baud Rate 10 6 Charac 1 er Length 10 6 Stop Bits 1 0 7 Parity I 10 8 Input Output Commands For Slot I And Slot 2 IG 8 lnJ ut And Output Commands For Slot I IG 9 Slot I Command Summar...

Page 15: ...A I A 2 A 3 I I till Appendix Index ASCII Character Set Mouse Character Set Pin Assignments For Back Panel Connectors I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ...

Page 16: ...ug I 2 11 RGB Monitor Connector od Plug 2 11 Option itches 2 13 Disk Drive LED Light 2 14 Disk Drive And Diskette I 2 1s Disk Drive uneh 2 16 Option Switch 2 18 Parallel Port Connector And Plug I 2 19 Joystick Connector And Plug 2 20 rial Port Connector And Plug 2 20 External Disk Drive Connector And Plug I 3 1 ACE 500 Computer Keyboard 3 2 Keyboard With Key Group 3 3 Ke board With Shift Key I 3 4...

Page 17: ...4 Keyboard With Function Keys Monitor Connector And Plug RGB Moni1or Connec1or And Plug Op1ion Swi1 ches Mouse Cbarac1 er Se1 Parallel Port Connector And Plug Option Switches Serial Port Connector And Plug I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ...

Page 18: ...t s exciting bL causc you knov Lhcrc s a lot you c an do now as soon as you learn how to use this little maclline The first suggestion is to take it sluw and easy There s a lot to learn and it s easy when you do it step by step Don t try to go too fast and become discouraged It is very imponam to try things You really can t learn much just by reading or watching Using a computer is a hands on kind...

Page 19: ...eed rea iOnable care and handling probably about the same as a stereo amplifier The monitor used with ii is like a small television seL Since they are bolh elcclrieal devices precautions during electri cal storms or pow r failures are wise and imponam but aren t special Keep the computer reasonably clean and don spill any liqmds on it and you ll be fme I I 1 2 The care of diskeues may be less fami...

Page 20: ...make backup copies of important diskettes regularly and keep them in a safe place The notch on the side of the diskeue is called the Write Protect notch When you cover it with an adhesive label the computer can t write on Lhat diskcue or change its rontents Using the write protect tab is an easy way to prevent accidents such as overwriting or erasing an imponant program The packet ofdiskettes you ...

Page 21: ...cessing cycle Not all computers can use the same software Sometimes the instructions in the sofi ware depend on panicular features of one computer and can t be used on another that doesn 1 have those features This general problem is called software compatibil ity Ifsoftware is compatible it can be tc d on the computer Fonunately your Franklin ACE 500 computer is compatible with the Apple lie I I I...

Page 22: ... exact amount orstor igc depends on a lot of factors but 160 K bytes ofstorage i roughly equivalent to 53 pages of text J lo IJ ll JJw J Ill i ulfu w AJ J IJJl J IU l t A A IWll uMIlkJ ull Jli IJ i u I vi IJAJ iu 1 ul l u J 1 1 M MJ LJIJ u tlll a J 11 Wj r JI ta t llJ 11 ilo 1 11AJJIA JJbJ lkJ i JJ ulu v u U U The differences between these two types of memory are unponam io practical ways as you o...

Page 23: ...0 Series Computer work If you re inter c tc J in the compulcr il clf or wri1ing progrwm thal lilizc ib ftatures this mllllual will give you a good start lf you use your ACE 500 for application progrn ru uch as word processing accounting or education you ll probably learn a lot about those programs and less about the ACE 500 Compu1er iiself except how 10 prepare di kcttcs for the compuler to use co...

Page 24: ...racteristics Computer user groups are gatherings of people of varied backgrounds with varied intcrc St with the common aim of wanting to learn more aboul 1hcir computers They are always a good source of practical information whether answering questions or locating software to do a particularjob or evaluating peripheral equipmen or acquiring public domain programs Your Franklin dealer can probably ...

Page 25: ...chapter 11 HJ t o11rain s a Ji111pl1 dt w r1ru1011 ofstarting tin rrunpurcr from the diske11e u11tl 111 11 111011s for us111 1 rht t1114 Ime Congrarularton on our purcha of an C 500 ompu1er The ACL 5 Computer an c celknr choice ht uu 11 eas to opcrarc JnJ h 11 rhe J mcr and carabtltl OU need for peoonJI bu home and educ 111onal compultng appltcauon Your Frankltn ACE 500 Cumpurer 1nwrporat the uuva...

Page 26: ... c ra features uch 256 K ormemo op11onal 512 K 12 programmable function key and 11chable command le on 1hc numcrn keypad The ACI 500 Compuaer has ad anced soft arC including Frnn lon own Di Opcra11ng Sy 1cm Franklin DOS 2 and BASIC programming l 1nguagc Frank lin BASIC Th Oftwnrc 1n orporatcs features of both Apple DOS J 3 and ProDOS opcmling yMcm and Applesoft BASIC rC ulting in a high degree of ...

Page 27: ...ilt in intcrfocc hardware and wflwarc for four of 1hc mosi Ommon printcll induding grnphb printing capability The com putcr abo hU ofl ur conLiob for rnany printer functions and fe 11ures included for easy user comrol of priming including printer screen dump soft are The ACE 500 Computer has bt11l1 in conn Ctors for a mou and or a JO stick so you can run program that use 1hr sc pointing and graphi...

Page 28: ...s sar connecuons Remove the cardboard head protector from the slot of the disk drive on the side of the computer ThL prmects the drive mechanism while the computer is being transported I I 11 I 1 0 Take a minute and look at the computer and especially the front aod back panels to orient your elf to omc of the computer s features There are n number ofswitches and special buttons above the keyboard ...

Page 29: ...software you re ing calls for it The mou c character set is generally only used with special software and has to be acttvated internally by wftware as well as with thl witch The RGB slide switch has four positions bich et the tc t color hite green amber or blue used on the lack b lckgrouod This M 1tch functions onl ifan RGB monitor is connCL ted The actual colors depend on the match of the moni to...

Page 30: ...60 x 192 pi el ic rl en di pla i1 t U Cd 3 RGB Palcnc inJic uc whether 1hc Apple or IBM paleue of RGB cokir i use The LED On 1f the IBM 1 olor palene is selected and Ofl 1f the computer i using the Apple color palenc 4 Diskeue i being wrmen to green light 5 Disk dri e i aCU e The d1 k dmc light ho the DctJ 1i ofthe d k dri e The red light n henc er there is an disk dri e acti it re iding nting etc...

Page 31: ...r cord connector arc buah anto 1he back of the ACE 500 Computer The po er uppl is part ofthe J O Cr cord which plugs anto the w11IL The cord connCCb to the computer 1th a en pan DIN plug hich has a threaded cc e and mating ring so you can make the connection M CUTe The Monitor connector is 10 connect the video dbploy device a video monitor in either monochrome or composite color The nrne pin conne...

Page 32: ...nd and a Centronics 36 pin connector on 1e printer end This will work with any stand ard parallel printer If you re printing graphics refer L o Chapter IO Inp111 0111 p111 for graphics printers supported by the special output software of the ACE 500 computer The six OPTION SWITCHES arc very important seuings for several options for the computer s operation You ll read more about them later but jus...

Page 33: ...t yet Although the computer uses relatively liule electrical power about the same as a small desk lamp ii is sensitive 10 changes in the power it receives You wont gel the best results from your computer ifyou use it in the same circuit with appliances like air conditioners or eleclric motors that make heavy or periodic demands on lhe elec trical power Connecting The Video Moni1or Now connect the ...

Page 34: ...is available from the DB9 connector marked with the screen nnd three dois for RGB cm the back punel of the computer Plug in the connecting cable which should be supplied wi1h the monitor then set the RGB switches in the OPTION SWITCH group before you tum the RGB monitor on I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ...

Page 35: ...separate signals for 1hem The t O types also use a dirTerenl lahclling lcm callc d color palclle for color Some RGB monitors have a switch wluch permit selec1ion of the Apple or IBM mode If you hnve choice use 1he Apple mode Consul the monolor mnnual to see which settings are required for the compu1cr and whether the 1 pplc or 1hc IBM configuration meets 1he needs of your RGB mon itor The descrip1...

Page 36: ...as some other indication Lhat it is designed to work with one of those computers try lhe con figuration suggested for that c Omputer The paleue assignments ror colors is some what arbitrary and may not mailer until you use some software that produces red grass and orange sky The four position RGB slide switch on Lhe front panel should give white green amber and blue text in its four seuings If the...

Page 37: ...en mm on the computer using the switch on the back panel with noLhing in the disk drive The Power LED on 1he right side of the from panel of Lhe computer should go on and the Dc k Activity LEO should go on _ the t omputer tries 10 read the diskette You should see a title line r ACE 500 Version X x on the screen and the disk drive should go on Press CTRL RESET to stop the disk drive and you ll see ...

Page 38: ...L disk drives first make sure the computer is turned off Theo rake the Franklin DOS 2 System Diskette holding it carefully by the top edge and inscn it label side facing up into the disk drive In scrting iJ1 ketti Now turn on the video monil lr and the computer You should see the Power LED on the Omputer and the Disk Drive LED go on Now close the disk drive latch by rotuting it down across the ope...

Page 39: ...f these programs 1 COPY 2 FUD 3 VERIFY 4 ONE DRIVE COPY 5 DIAGNOSTICS You can run a program iust by typing its number 1 thru 5 You can fir1d uut wtn 1t t e 1vt1 µ1vy1et1 n does by typing the H key You c an stop this prograrn by typing the o key Which would you like 0 Disk Drive I a1ch Closed Gelling Started 2 15 ...

Page 40: ...isk drive latch is closed You may need 10 adjust the brightness and contrast of the video monitor Some of the other features of the ACE 500 Computer may be of interest 10 you but may involve a Iiule more technical information than you are comfortable with tr you re interested ab u1 Lhese things read on but reali7 C 1ha1 it s not necessary for you 1 0 understand all these details 1 0 use Lhe comput...

Page 41: ...olor palene Up seleclS the Apple color matrix mode If your ROB monitor says Apple compatible or IBM compatible or has some other indication that it is designed w work with one of those computers try the con figuration suggested for that computer The palcuc assignments forcolors is some what arbitrnry and may not mailer until you use some software that produces red grass and orange sky The four pos...

Page 42: ...elecied SWITCO 6 Auto Line Feed for prin1er Up is LF Down is no LF This swi1ch determines wheLher the comp11ri r l nrl n lin f oommand L o the printer at the end ofeach line or not Some primers expecl the compuLer 10 supply the command to move down a line 01her printers supply the command themselves Ccmsuli your printer manual to sec what your printer requires for the line feed command Ifyou can 1...

Page 43: ... software you re using accepts input from joystick you ll find that thejoystick is active There s no special command needed to turn it on The Franklin ACE 500 Computer has the capability to expand to meet special needs ofa number of peripheral devices These devices are attached to the computer by means of the serial port connector on the back panel A modem a serial printer or 2 19 ...

Page 44: ... are discussed in deiail in Chapter 10 Input Output I SERW PORT A second disk drive may be connected 10 the Franklin ACE 500 by means or the nineteen pin connector on the back panel The disk drive may be either 5 114 or 3 112 diskette format Be sure 10 specify that the disk drive must be Franklin ACE 500 or Apple lie compatible The 3 112 Apple Unidisk drive won t work because ii I 0 IEXTERNAL O RJ...

Page 45: ... such as Appleworks or for users who want the convenience of using a RAM disk The 256K memory in Lhe ACE 500 is sufficient for many RAM disk applications but some users need more memory The FRAMD SK program included on the Franklin DOS 2 diskene provides the software for a RAM disk The extra RAM memory of the ACE 500 can also be used to emulate a number of the popular extra memory peripheral cards...

Page 46: ...er ofdesign features that benefit you while you LISI he computer c _ c c s I 1 1m1 Irs I t 3 f7 I I I I N loc ll 7 8 9 Cir MOM l t 4 5 6 R1h1 2 3 I Sfllll Clll CpH nl 0 K The keytouch shaped kcytops auto repeal and other built in features make the keyboard comfortable and easy to use The key arrangemeois follow ergonomic design standards to give maximum Xlnvenicncc for location of commonly used ke...

Page 47: ...0 Computer has two main keyboard groups the main keypad with the alphabetic and punctuation keys and the numeric keypad on the right side The design of tl1esc keyboard groups is 1s close as possible to the layout ofa typewriter and a calculator so you can use your keyboard skills as you work with your compulcr The main keypad gene rates upper and lower case letters with the use of the SHITT keys a...

Page 48: ...he CONTROL key usually abbreviated CTRL located at the lower left of the key board is another shirt key If you hold down the CONTROL key while you press another key you generate a special control code These control codes are often used for special commands to the computer but aren t printed or displayed on the screen You ll use control codes often as you operate the computer They are wriueo as CTR...

Page 49: ...re is one RF TURN key at the right side of the main keypad and another one labelled ENTER al the right ide of the numeric keyp 1d for your convenience For many operations the RETURN ke L just a carriage Clum h 11n serve on addi uonal fun 1ion on a computer and that 1 s a s a command key When you cn1er a command on the t mputcr you conclude it by pressing RETURN In this nse RETURI is a of 1 g ThL m...

Page 50: ...the memory and therefore almost always lose the program you re working 011 On the other hand sometimes the computerseems to get stuck in some process and you can t regain control Resetting the computer is the way 1 0 stop the computer s activity and start it agam Because the reset function is so powerful you ha e to press CTRL RESET to activate it This two key procedure prevents accidental pressin...

Page 51: ...on 80 columns F4 PRiii RETURN Turn on printer output FS ESC 4 Switch from 80 10 40 columns F6 ESC S Switch from 40 10 80 columns F7 COPY Copy a diskette file F8 TYPE List a dL kctte file F9 LOCK Lock a diskcne file FIO UNLOCK Unlock a diskeue file Fil DELETE Delete a diskette file F12 RENAME Rename a diskette file Note that RETURN and ESC in the definitions arc single keys nOL Lhc spelled out vers...

Page 52: ...d all you have to remember i that the key produces the sequence ofcharacters shown in the definitions whenever it is 11ressed The illustration shoWl the numeric keypad The functions and operacion of its keys are described below I 1 n a c c c c _ l f7 I flO IF11 J rn I I I 1 8 9 P u 7 8 II c H J K 4 5 II A ll ll N M 1 2 3 C I c 0 The numeric keypad operates in two modes the numeric mode in which th...

Page 53: ...do noL req ire Lhe enhanced video soft ware and should be ava able for general use any Lime the editing pad is activated 3 8 RUN issues the BASIC command to RUN a program LIST issues the BASIC command to UST a program ENTER is the same as the RETURN key The arrow key move Lhe cursor oo the screen The ocher editing keys liMc CI below are functional only when the enhanced video ofcwarc is active CLR...

Page 54: ...0 the end of the Line and then hitting RETURN The CPES command works regardless of the cursor position on the line CPES is designed for editing BASIC s1atemen1S Suppose you had typed a line of a program that had a mistake in it Firs you would LIST the line then use the escape mode cursor movement keys to locate the section of the line that needed correction then make the changes with the INSC and ...

Page 55: ... BASIC programming language are some1imes 1hough1 of as a single program They are nol bu1 1hey work closely together and you probably don t need to be concerned about the differences Whenever you tum on 1he computer wi1h the Franklin DOS 2 diskeue in tl1e disk drive Franklin DOS 2 sofiware soes from the diskette to the computc r s memory vherc ll s available ror your use until you turn the co1nput...

Page 56: ... that the application program s operdting system overrides Franklin DOS 2 by overwriting it in memory this generally doesn t I happen with Fmnklio BASIC If you re not sure a program will run on your ACE 500 Computer chc ck with your 1 dealer or perhaps your local user s group or try it out before you buy iL Disk drives are vital parts of a computer system because they allow easy movement of progra...

Page 57: ... ACE 500 Computer effectively You ll use them to make copies of your operating system diskettes as well as ror data stor age and programs When you purchase blnnk diskcuc buy J6 scctor ot so t sectoted 5 1 4 inch single sided single density diskenes These are the most common diskeltes available The diskeues you fill witb da Jl or programs are relatively inexpensive oompared to the price ofthe oompu...

Page 58: ...y from any magnetic and electrical disturbances such as electric motors magnets video monitors etc The ACE 500 System diskette contains Franklin DOS 2 as well as n number of use ful programs for copying diskettes for handling files you use and other general com puter tasks Chapter 2 Geuing Started orthis manual showed you how to boot the ACE 500 Computer using the Franklin DOS 2 diskette The follo...

Page 59: ... your diskeues The computer now starL5 to read the diskette There may he a liule noise as the disk drive adjusts itselfand then reads Franklin DOS 2 into its internal memory You ll sec a message appear on the screen something like tbis CE 500 System Dlsketle Copyright 1986 by FRANKLIN COMPUTER CORP You can run any of these programs 1 COPY 2 FUD 3 VERIFY 4 ONE DRIVE COPY 5 DIAGNOSTICS You can run a...

Page 60: ... Making a copy ofa diskette is a common procedure one you ll do many times with your computer The software lakes care ofall the delllils but the strategy is simple The disk drive reads the contents of the source disketLe into the computer s memory then you swap the source diskette in the disk drive for the destination diskette and the computer writes the contenlS of iLS memory onto the destination...

Page 61: ...memory then tells you to insen the destination diskette then writes the contents or memory to lhe destination diskette and finally asks you to put the source diskette back in so it can start the pro cess again The process is repeated until the entire cliskeue has been copied The clos ing message is The disk has been copied Press any key to continue When you ve made a ew copies put the original Fra...

Page 62: ...opies of your Franklin DOS 2 diskette The COPY program asks if you want 1 0 make another copy and aU you have to do is replace the first copy with another blank diskette and nm COPY again When you re finished remove the origi nal Franklin DOS 2 diskette from drive I and store it in a safe place Replace the original Franklin DOS 2 diskette in drive I with one of the duplicates and press ESC to exit...

Page 63: ...TALOG command Type I RETURN You ll sec a listing omcthing like this Franklin DOS 2 X XX Vol 0 35T Free secs nnn D 1 ACE 500 Vn n BOOT FILES F 21 HELLO D 1 PROGRAM FILES B 20 FUD 9 24 COPY B 1 7 ONE DRIVE COPY B 22 VERIFY B B FRAMDISK e 5 PRAMOtSK F 8 AWSTARTUP11 1 7 AWSIARTUP12 F 7AWSTARIUP13 B 6 DIAGNOSTICS s I BOOTl3 9 7 RAM1 CST 9 3Cl1AIN s 3 CHAIN2 o 1 D T FI L ES s 7 RAM OIAG s B DISK DIAG 8 ...

Page 64: ...de ore in the same 35 track format as the original You remember lha1 COPY asked OU ror lhc format or Lhc diskcuc before it made the copy Many copy programs select the format automatically others ask you 10 select ii specifically Franklin DOS 2 divides each m1ck on the diskeue into 16 sectors each containing the equivalent of 256 chamcters about as many characters as this paragraph con tains The le...

Page 65: ...c u11l11y pro J rnms that help OU b llmne vMinus file manaeemeot task ltkc makinp hadrnp copies ofd keu and on The third gn up of file are DATA FILCS hich arc just raw data that can t hc d c cept b lhe 11 l ll program for 1 1inr pm lldur The asteruk at the bcg1nmn of e tch line means that lbe fik l c ked 10 prn1c 1 ii a oam 1 accidental change You ll ltllm more about lockrng and unlodmg files sbon...

Page 66: ...or it identifies a ponion of the Franklin DOS 2 pan fa hard disk The volume number c seldom us d except on bard disJlcs The volume number may be from 0 to 254 If you don t use a volume number Franklin DOS 2 won t care and will use the diskene in the drive you specific Ifyou do use a volume number it must match the volume number on the diskeue To avoid potential confusion most people lea e out the ...

Page 67: ...umber 2 When the fiN diskeuc is in drive I and the second diskette is in drive 2 the full Franklin DOS 2 names of these 1wo files wotild be D T ONE S6 D1 V1 and DATA TWO S6 02 V Ifyou switched the diskettcS from dri c to drive their identific iLions would be D T TWO S6 D1 V2 and DATA ONL S6 02 V1 Suppose you wanted to LOCK or some other Franklin DOS 2 command one of the files Just put the diskeue ...

Page 68: ...rclc N RESET Thi mmanJ mak the computer read the dt5kene m Jme I This is a Cf powerful command because 1t overrid o all oth r C lmputcr procc ur program II rcplJcc any progr ims in memory w11h the con1ent nr the new di51kcnc T1u fc aturc mn l 11 ery t ful ror changing progmn1 or h tng111 Ui kCllt bu1 ii I COll11lll111U to U C carefully The reboot communLI u co v n1 n1 s 2 rr en p t r e change from...

Page 69: ...ke boot diskettes by using the NIT command discu cd la1er A less frequen y used term 1he warm stan command refers to the CTRL C or BREAK commands The warm sum command breaks and res tans the program processing activity but leaves the DOS and operating of ware intact so it s ao easy way to stop a program without l05ing everything BoOI di keU C are U Cful for applicalion programs that you use freque...

Page 70: ...ELLO T40 RETURN If you wanted 10 initialize a diskeue in drive 2 you would u1e this command INIT HELLO 02 RETURN or you could use both command parameters together INIT HELLO 02 T40 RETURN The next step mtreating a bootable diskette is to transfer lie me HELLO onto the diskeue Right now Franklin DOS 2 on the new diskeue knows it s supposed to run the file HELLO as part of the boot process but ti ca...

Page 71: ...ogram on the Franklin DOS 2 diskeue work only in a two drive system If you don t have two disk drives you must use the COPY selection of the FUD utility program to transfer the lites Thal procedure is outlined in the next ch11pter It s very similar 10 the COPY com mand procedure that follows To copy HELLO from the Franklin DOS 2 diskelle in drive 1lo the diskeue you ve just initialized in drive 2 ...

Page 72: ...ou to specify the type of program you want to run that is you have 10 know whether the program is written in BASIC or binary langungc or in some other kind of file formaL Each file formal then requires a specific RUN command for its type of files Traditionally Lhc RUN command is rcser ed for type For BASIC files and the BRUN command for type Bor binary files Frankli11 DOS 2 takes all that uncer ta...

Page 73: ...iles oo the Franklin DOS 2 diskette are locked The astert k in the catalog listing showed the locked status of the files The UNLOCK command removes Lhis protection frollll a file so that you can make changes to it You can LTYout these conunands with acopy of Lhe Franklin DOS 2 diskeue that doesn t have a write protect tab on it Type UNLOCK HELLO RETURN Now type I RETURN You ll see that HELLO no lo...

Page 74: ...test The form of the command is DEL ltlename RETURN If you try to delete a Jocked file you ll get a FILE LOCKED error message If you really want to delete the file you just have to unlock it fir L INIT is the ini1iali1ing command in Franklin DOS 2 that you already used in prepar ing bootable dbkcttcs lfyou want to know the explicit procedures for using INIT refer to the preceding chapter of this m...

Page 75: ... DEL T c innot be exe cuted becau C the lilt JltC lied has been locked FILE NO r FOUND ThIS error ind1 C3tL that the filename specifit d cannot be located either bccaul C the name is incorrect or the drive is incorrectly specific FILE TYPE MISMATCH Thi error occurs when a me type specified doesn t match lhc type or file required by the command ch trying to u IC a hinary LOAD command with an ASCII ...

Page 76: ... command1 are always pan of Franklin DOS 2 Franklin DOS 2 programs are listed separately on tbc catalog or the diskette the commands are not Franklin DOS 2 programs have to be executed with the Franklin DOS 2 RUN or command while Franklin DOS 2 commands need a particular kind ofcommand line as with REN for renaming files It doesn t really make a lot or difference to you whether an Franklin DOS 2 f...

Page 77: ...FUD stand for Franklin Utility for Diskettes FUD leis you remove unused riles make copies of files determine ifyour file arc still readable and per form 01her mundane but esseniial func1ions To run 1he FUD program boOI acopy of an Frnnklin DOS 2diskeue and type FUD RETURN Af1er a few econcb you ll see the FUD opening screen FUD version x x by Franklin Computer Corp MAIN MENU S Show hies on diskett...

Page 78: ... adds no other files such as Franklin DOS 2 boot files The computer can use formsued diskettes but cannot boot from them The F formatting option allowi you to choose the diskeue annal you want either 35 or 40 track Select F from the MAIN MENU by pressing F The screen displays the Formal title and asks for the disk drive you want to use for the formatting operation FORMAT Which drive has diskette t...

Page 79: ...n r es Rf TURN IO C Ontin 10 PrE C RL I vou 1s to quit If you ve changed your mind about formauing this diskelle you can hit BREAK or CTRL C and you ll see FUD s MAIN MENU again Otherwise be sure that you put the correct diskeue into tbe drive specified Formatting a diskette destroys all the information on it It s a good idea to see a catalog ofeach diskette before you stan the formauing procedure...

Page 80: ...hical file name JOHN S STUFF could refer to mes like JOHN S OLD STUFF or JOHN S VALU ABLE STUFF nr e en JOHN SSTUFF in which rcrm to no characters at all Any number or s and scan he used in a file name as long as you can keep straight what the name you ve created really refers 10 It s possible 1 0 create an ambiguous file name tbat includes more file names than you intended For example by using an...

Page 81: ...lts Slot 6 drive 1 volume O I I I I I I I Start by pressing RETURN Disk drive I should scart up since you haven t spec iricd anylhing ocherwise Tbc names or che files on the diskene in drive I appearon I the screen The display is very similar 10 the one you saw when you c yped I RETURN or CATALOG RETURN To see all the files on drive 2 you could type I 02 RETURN If you c ype an ambiguous file name ...

Page 82: ...mbigu ous file names The D option will nm delete locked files If you try lo do so you ll get an error message WARNING Be particularly careful when using this command with ambiguous file names h s easy to wipe out entire diskettes this way FUD will give you a chance to decide whether you want the files displayed individnally so you can decide in each case if you really want to delete that file You ...

Page 83: ... is ditTercnL from the destination drive the drive holding the disk cue you re copying 10 then the copying process goes on without any diskelle changes Ifyou only have one disk drive you must specify that drive as both the source and the destination drive FUD guides you through the diskcue exchange procedure but you have 10 make sure you don t accidenllllly place the wrong diskene in the drive You...

Page 84: ...iokcuc DIAGNOSTICS Programs The diagnosllcs programs arc used for analyzing problems you may have with your computer There arc separate diagnostic programs e111i1lcd RAM DISK GRA Pl JCS KEYBOARD and PADDLES Each of these individual diagnostic testS is entered through the DIAGNOSTICS program Typ e RAM Dbk Programs S RF l HN Then select Lhc test you want from the menu displayed The ACE 500 has 2 K o...

Page 85: ... RAM disks and regular disk drives is that RAM disk storage temporary Data or programs stored on the RAM disk are 106t whenever the power is turned off or when the operating system is changed Informa tion stored on the RAM disk must be saved to a permanenl storage medium before it is 1 061by one ofthose events Since many commercial application programs use lheir own operaling systems it is necessa...

Page 86: ...talled io the computer less 64 K since bank 0 is not used for the RAM disk A CATALOG of the RAM disk will show the number or free sectors which you can multiply by 256 to obtain the number of b CS of RAM available on the RAM disk The RAM disk caLalOg allows only 56 filenames any more filenames will produce a disk full error message even if there is memory space available for the files Ifyou have t...

Page 87: ... oreach bank The M itus indit ators are OK meaning there ts no error BAD meaning an error has been detected m that RAM bank c r which indicates that that bank is not avail able in the current memory configuration Intermittent or Soft errors are usually shown as DAD while more IJl rsistcnt or Hard errors will be shown as the absence or that bank of memory The screen display also shows the total num...

Page 88: ...orrcs pond to Versions I I 1 2 and 1 3 of the Applework s program Use the utility pro gram which corresponds to the version orAppleworks you have The following procedure will treat them as the same program AWSTARTUP is a BASIC program which runs under ProDOS that automatically runs the PRAMDISK program to create a RAM disk and then loads and runs all the Appleworks files from the RAM disk This tec...

Page 89: ...ince the Applcworks files needed from them are stored on the RAM disk There L an imp0rtant thing to notice about this tccbn que Any changes you make in the Appleworks configuration for printer settings for instance are only made in the RAM disk version and thus are only temp0rary U you want to make these changes permancn y you must make the changes in the diskette version ofthe file or copy the mo...

Page 90: ...at is a list of instruc tions that you re doing one step at a time Programming is really a fairly common experience Some people think that using a computer requires the ability 1 0 write programs for ii They ve beard that programming is a difficult job and so they re hesitant to go near a computer In fact that s not true at all You ve seen that there are many things you can do with your ACE 500 Co...

Page 91: ...RINT a command you understand as plain Englbh Franklin s BASIC i dc igned 10 be compa1ible with most common BASIC pro grams especially Applesof1 BASIC progrnms Franklin BASIC differs from Applesoft BASIC in 1ha1 it supports and displays lowercase letters which Applesoft does not Franklin BASIC doesn t have the commands found in Applesoft BASIC that con1rol casseue tape drive storage Frnnkhn BASIC ...

Page 92: ...11 1lu IQl C a problem is the creative iask ror you There may be some confusion aboul Ri SlC a programming language and DOS 2 a Disk Operating System They both have a lot of Ommands and sometimes it s hard 10 tell whether a command L pan of one or the other Ifyou re jus1 using the computer it usually doesn t mauer If you re writing o program it does mauer and you have 10 label the DOS 2 commands T...

Page 93: ...command which is CATALOG in tbis case All Franklin DOS 2 commands must be preceded by CTRL D or its ASCII equivalent when used ia a BASIC program Tha s your program When you see the prompt and cursor type LIST to see what you ve typed appear on lhe screen Retype any line that conlllins an error then type RETURN to RUN the program It s fun to see how these simple commands produce a custom i7 cd dis...

Page 94: ...ram is back in memory If you only wanted to run the program you could have used an Franklin DOS 2 command A BASIC PROGRAM RETURN 10 run it directly from the diskene If you want to change the pro gram you have 10 load it into memory with the LOAD command This exercise has given you some idea about how a program is constructed First you ve seen the difference between having a program in memory where...

Page 95: ...say whatever you want NexL when you create boowble diskeues use this liltle program as your HELLO program All you have to do is name it HELLO deleting he other HELLO program first and put it on the diskette when you initialize iL Franklin DOS 2 will run it each lime the diskette is booted A further refinement is 10 use this little program 10 run another program uch as an application program on a p...

Page 96: ... they arc similar to or are different from other general BASIC programming commands The chapter concludes with a listing of BASIC reserved words and error messages Franklin BASIC is a programming language designed ror use with the Franklin ACE computers and Franklin DOS 2 It is written to be compatible with Apple s Applc soft BASIC language Programs that are written in Applcsoft BASIC will work on...

Page 97: ... to indicate it is complete Statements must use the Print com mand to display their result immediately designates an addition operation designates a subtraction operation designates a multiplication operation designates a division operation _expresses an exponent Large and small number are written in exponential notation either n nnnnE 11 or m mmmmmmE 09 Numbers are rounded at nine digits BASIC st...

Page 98: ...pad The keys are active as editing keys when the NUM LOCK key is off and when the enhanced video software is activated The enhanced video software can be activated by turning On 80 column mode video display which can be done with function key F6 or the command PR 3 RETURN These commands are marked on keytOJ 6 in the cursor keypad where they are convenient for editing In a way these keys are like s...

Page 99: ...cursor position on the line CPES is designed for editing BASIC statemenlS Suppose you had typed a line of a program that had a mistake in it First you would UST the line then use the escape mode cursor movement keys to locate the section of the line that needed correction then make the changes with the INSC and DELC keys When the changes arc com plete just p CPES The corrected line is sent to BASI...

Page 100: ...own Delete filename On The Franklin DOS 2 command deletes files from a diskene in drive Do It can be abbreviated to Del Dim Name nn A dimension sLatement allocates memory space for storage of an array Dim Label 100 allocate space for the array Label conLaining JOI clcmcnL Dim ListS 20 allocates space for 2I strings in the urray LisL If no Dim statement is given an array is assigned memory space fo...

Page 101: ...There arc two types of arguments for this statement Hplot mm nn draws a point at column mm row on Hplotij kk to mm no draws a line from pointij kk to point mm nn Htab nn The horizontal tab command mo es the cursor to column nn on the screen Note that nn I to 255 and that these column numbers can be displayed as more than one 40 column line in 40 column mode the conunand Htab 50 positions tile cur ...

Page 102: ...numbers as arguments List shows the entire pro gram List nnn shows only line nnn List nnn shows the beginning of the program up to line nnn List nnn shows line nnn to the end of the program List mmm nnn or List mmm nnn shows lines mmm to nnn Load filename On The Load command reads the specified file from the specified disk drive and loads it into memory MidS varS mJ1 This statement takes a substri...

Page 103: ...characters Print a b c displays a b and c with tab spaces between them Pr n A DOS 2 oommand that specifies a destination for data or commands where n is one of the computer s slots 0 10 7 For instance the printer is usually slot I so claw to the primer would be dirocted by the command Pr I Read The Read statement in a program identifies tkle elements or variables as they appeared in a previous Dat...

Page 104: ...statement The Tab function moves the cursor on the screen to the specified Tab fields Tcx1 This statement resets the display screen to text mode from graphics mode Trace The Trace function displays the line number of each statement to be dis played as it is executed as a device to aid program debugging Rerer also to the Notrace runction for the resetting command Val aaa This function interprets th...

Page 105: ... Wait Al Htab Read I Aln Recall Xplot If Rem Xdra r Call In Restore I ChrS Input Resume Clear Int Return Color Inverse Right Cont Rnd I Cos U ft Rot Len Ru n Data U t I Def Llsl Save Del load Scale Dim Log Scrn 1 Dro w L orn m J 9n Sin End Mid li Spc Exp Speed I New Sq Fkey Next Step Flash Normal Stop I Fn Not Store For Notrace StrS Fre On Tab I Get Onerr Tan Gosub Or Text Goto Then I Gr Pdl To Pe...

Page 106: ...ults from interlocking two lf Then statements Illegal Direct Error The error arises when a statement such as Input Der FN Get or Data is LL1td for immediate execution nlegal Quantity Error This error resulL Crom arithmetic statements which cannot be evaluated These include string Poke Peek or graphics commands with arguments outside the valid range square roots or logs of negative nun1bers or nega...

Page 107: ...b s1a1emenL String Too Long Error This error indicates that a iring variable has exceeded 255 characters either from adding two min or not clearing a wing variable before it is used again Syntax Error This most common error indicates that there L something incorrect about the sLate mentor parameter entry so it cannot be interpreted by BASIC Check punctuation pareotheses spelling errors etc Type Mi...

Page 108: ... 1 te keys ACE 500 Computers bave twelve special keys 1ha1 a esometimes called Function Keys Programmable Keys or User Defined Keys They are labelled Fl 10 F12 and are located a l the top of the keyboard c c 1 11 1 I I I lrn l d I 1 I I 9 0 l fotn Loe P i 1 7 8 9 Clrt Ho K L 4 5 6 Met1 11n M 2 3 1 IH cm C poe t nte 0 ln c These keys are called programmable because you e in give the111 any definiti...

Page 109: ... that you should know abouL The function key definitions arc stored on the Franklin DOS 2 diskelle and read into memory each time you boot the diskc11c They will always work correctly when Franklin DOS 2 Franklin BASIC or the MONITOR program are running How ever ifyou run another program perhap i an application program which uses its own operating ystem the function key definitions may be destroye...

Page 110: ...ir definition For other commands that require additional inptll Like COPY you have to supply the additional information and RETURN For instance the com mand line COPY filename 02 RETURN would be typed F7 filename 02 RCIURN The operation ofthe Franklin DOS 2 commands themselves ore given in the Frank lin DOS 2 chapter and the video displ y chapter As far as the function keys are con cemed all you h...

Page 111: ...the definitions There are a few more remarks needed for users who know a liule about program ming The FKEY command is unique to Franklin BASIC and is used specifically for the Franklin ACE 500 computers The arguments for the FKEY command are any valid BASIC numeric expression in the range I to 12 and any valid BASIC string expression for the definition For instance FKEY 6 Make my dayl i i cqui fal...

Page 112: ...mand you want and make a careful count of the total number of chara 1Cf take adjust rncnl as needed whili OUr lilt i iillll in the planning uige Keep careful notes or labeb for OUT teS so your different boot files and definitions are dear h s alv ays possible to UST the sian up file to find out v hat s on ot and hat dclinuions have been made but that s nOI always coni en1ent When you re rend 10 ma...

Page 113: ...es that are designed to produce cry sharp lener and graplucs They are excellent for 80 column di play UCh as you might use with word prQCC Sing or prendshcct pro grams On the other hond they don t display color Color i ortcn used wuh games or eduonio1111Isoftware so Lhis may be a disadvantage Monochrome monitors arc U ually nvoilohlc wtth either amber or green screen Compo ttc color display montto...

Page 114: ... your personal preference your budget etc Discuss the mailer wi1h your Franklin dealer and look a1 the different display monitors available Connecting the monochrome or composite color display monitor is very simple You e probably done lt already lo the Getting Started chapter but here s a brief review Plug the monitor cable provided into the RCA jack connector marked with the icon for a monitor s...

Page 115: ... you tum the RGB monitor on Choo sing The RGB Monitor Configur ition RGB monitor manufacrurers use different conventioos for their RGB signal require menis In general there are two configurations for monitors the Apple and the IBM The main difference between the two types is that the Apple configuration uses a composite signal for the horizontal and verticalsyncbronization and the IBM uses separat...

Page 116: ... larity you need either for the composite or Lhc hori1ontal ync signals for Apple or IBM type monitors respt Ctively SWITCH 3 This switch governs Lhe polaricy of the line that carries the Venical Sync Signal for IBM mode monitors The Down position selects the Negative Verti cal Sync signal The Up position selects Positive Vertical Sync Positive Vertical Sync is genera11y the more common sc1 ung SW...

Page 117: ...lec tion and he Up pc ISition selecis RGB The monochrome screen in double high reso lution mode offers increased visible resolution needed for some applications such as Computer Aided Design The monochrome selection the Down position also offers better readability for double high resolution screens especially th05C that use mixed text and graphics You may need to try this switch in both settings f...

Page 118: ...ograms choose the correct display automatically You don t have to worry about choosing the 40 or 80 column displays uoul you want to write your own programs There are a number of additional features built into the display capability of your ACE 500 Computer Almost all ofthem are fairly technical and are generally used only by programmers You may want to read funher to see what possibilities ext t ...

Page 119: ...the diskette and at M me point 11 is sent to the cr cn lk computer Jool3 in thc charac1er set and says ASCII 065 mean dt play thL d t pauern uppercase A This concept is important be 11use the ACE 500 Computer has n Cond character set va1l hle tn ynu Thl nllcrnntc character set has graphics charnctcfl such as lhe icons u ed wi1h a motLSC and mou con1rolled software Rdcr 1 0 lhe ACE 500 Technical Re...

Page 120: ...11 inverse video characters or flashing charac ters The C lmmands for these display features are available in the BASIC program ming language INVERSE FLASH and NORMAL are display commands described in Chapter 7 and in the ACE500 Tech11ica Reference Manual I I I I I I I I Generally Franklin DOS 2 and Franklin DOS 2 programs use 40 column mode for video display The 80 column mode has Olhcr capabilit...

Page 121: ... memory management techniques allow you 1 0 use some of the screen for graphics and some for text Refer to the ACE 500 Tecil11ical Refer e11ce Manual for further deiails A further display mode is available which allows you to display 560 x 192 dots on Lhe screen This is called double high resolution because it effectively doubles Lhe horizonial resolution of 1he screen by interleaving the memory c...

Page 122: ...lso do by pressing the FS function key The screen will dear and characters you type will appear m 80 column mode The enhanced video software is always available in 80 column mode However ii is also available in 40 column mode ffyou ve witched back and fonh from 80 10 40 column modes The best way 10 tell if the video software is active is to look at the cursor The enhanced video software always use...

Page 123: ...ositions the cursor in the first column of the first line CTRL M Carriage return This command is the same as a carriage return This is equivalent to pressing RETURN CTRL N Reverse video off This command turns oil reverse video di iplay mode C rRL 0 Reverse video on This command turns on reverse video displa mode which means that characters are displayed as dark characters on a light background CTR...

Page 124: ... the display ofthe mouse text characters and uses the normal ASCII character set CTRLV Home cursor This command moves the cursor to the home position line one column one CTRL Z Clear line This command clears the entire line marked by the cursor The cursor position is unchanged CTRL Cursor right Thi command moves the cursor one p ition to the Tight If the cursor is in the last column of the hne it ...

Page 125: ...re used frequently by the enhancc tl video software for multiple commands in escape mode Many control code cursor movement commands have limitc d utility because they result in one movement for each command and make it dilliculLto move long distances Escape mode commands allow simpler commands that don t have the rc triction E cape mode is marked by a specialcursor a solid block with a plus sign i...

Page 126: ...ne starting Crom tbc cursor position and continuing to the end ofthe line Data on the line in front of the cursor is unaffected ESC F Clear to end of screen This sequence clears the screen starting al the current cursor position and conLinuing 10 the end of the screen The cursor position is unaffected ESC I Cursor up slay in escape mode This sequence mo es the cursor up one position like the ESC D...

Page 127: ...an move the cur sor by using the arrow key on the cursor keypad ESC CTRL Q Switch to 40 columns exit enhanced video sohware This sequence switches the video display to 40 column mode and deactivates the enhanced video software These BASIC editing commands are included with this group because they are pan of the enhanced video software They were described earlier in Chapter 7 Franklin BASIC They ar...

Page 128: ...nds all the characters on the cursor line 1 0 the current program for processing or execution This is equivalent to moving the cursor to the end of the line and 1hen hilling RETURN The CPES commond works regardless of the cursor position on 1 he line CPES is designed for editing BASIC su11ements Suppose you had typed a line ofa program thal had a mistake in iL First you would LIST the line then us...

Page 129: ...nhanced video software Scroll down Scroll up Disable mouse text Home the cursor Clear lhe line Cursor right Enable mouse text Clear to end of fjoe Position the cursor Clear lhc screen Cursor right Cursor left Cursor down Cursor up Clear to end ofline Clear to end of screen Cursor up stay in Escape mode Cursor left Stay in Esc ape mode Cur or right stay in Escape mode Cur or down stay in Escape mod...

Page 130: ... columo mode and deactivate enhanced video software One Key BASIC Editing Commands Cl RS Clear The Screen HOME llome The Cursor CLRL Clear The Line 11 SC Insert A Character DELC Delete A Character CPES Cop Entire Screen Line I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ...

Page 131: ...ive yo permanent and readable out put Modems conven computer signals into audible tones for transmission over tele phone lines Each character lener number etc handled by a computer is made up ofeight bilS of data Communication or the input and output of data involves moving Lhose eight bils ofdata for each character from one device to another along the cable Lhat conneclS them There are two techni...

Page 132: ...printer Many printers by other manufacturers are compatible with these printers The computer has built in software commands and con1tols to make using these printers easy for you No consult the printer manual and make the connections needed here The cable should plug 11110 a connector on the back of the printer You then have to plug in the printer s power cord insert lhe paper check the ribbon etc...

Page 133: ...ommand il el The OPTION SWITCH 6 setting is Up for sending an automatic line feed and Down for no line feed command Consult the printer man ual to see which setting your printer requires 2 3 4 BP6 6Z 0 1ryou can t locate the information you can try a simple experiment when you ve got your printer running to see whether the printer need the line feed command or whether it generates its own line fee...

Page 134: ...s only part of the story of the serial interface The two devi ces the computer and the serial device need to agrec on the form of the communica tion between them often called the handshaking or protocol There are a number ofscuings that need to be made for the serial interface protocol In mo t cases the actual setting is less important than the foct that the computer and the serial device use the ...

Page 135: ...f those settings are correct for your protocol you won t have lO use the com mands lo change them The first step in setting the protocol is 10 activate the serial interface You do this like you did for the parallel interface by typing PR 2 RETURN This dircm all of the computer s output to the device connected 10 slot 2 which is the serial interface From this point on all the commands you type on t...

Page 136: ...of data the make up a single cbaraeler The normal ASCII charaeler sel has 128 charac1ers designated 0 lo 127 and can be expressed as 7 bil binary numbers 2 lo lhe 7th power lo some situations graphics ch uac1ers are sem as characters 12810 255 and 8 bit binary numbers 2 lo the 8th power arc needed Selee1 lhe character length you need or leave lhe setting as cur rently configured Stop Bits Slop bil...

Page 137: ...nt types available such as Odd or E en etc The 1mporWll thing about the parity sela lion that the com puter and the serial dc 1ce agr on what parity to cxp CL Check ith 1hc other device to see what pant IS needed then set the computer to pro idc 11 CTRL A n P Se1 Paruv n 0 to 7 This command sets the parity lcction used for the serial interface protocol Fn1er for n the charac1 cr tha1 corr ponds 10...

Page 138: ...until another PR is given with another slot number Entering PR O is recommended since slot 0 is unoccupied and thus will not create a conflicting command Note that by default output will not go to the screen for slot I or for slot 2 screen echo is orr for the both interfaces in the power up con figuration You can select transmission of data to the screen for either slot by using software controlco...

Page 139: ... the oommand character is the last command in the following list Nore that CTRL C in the list stands for the oornmaod character and oould be changed to any other ASCII character you have selected Slot l Printer Control Command Summary Command CTRLC A CTRL C B CTRLl C CTRLl D CTRLl E CTRLC F CTRL l G CTRL C H CTRLl l CTRLl J CTRL I K CTRLC L CTRLC M CTRL I nnnN CrRL I 0 CTRL C P CTRL l Q CTRL l R C...

Page 140: ...are lhc default values ror the printer screen dump characteris tics These are the settings for the computer from the factory and are used after each power On or each CTRL l R Reset command Output Characteristic Screen Echo Screen Dump Memory Page Video Display Rotation Auto Linefeed Code Range CTRL D A Epson screen dump Default Setting arr Hires graphics Primary page Normal video Not rotated Same ...

Page 141: ...cma1 11 in effect until another commond is given to change it CTRL C 11 Select hir i niphics dump Th command informs the pnnicr rt are that he nc i scrttn dump is for a hires graphics screen The soft are 111 a sume all sub equcnt commands apply to hires graphics screens until 1t rtteovc a command for a te i screen dump CTRL IT The hire graphics screen dump i the dcfauh etting CTRL C I ClRL l J Tum...

Page 142: ...I interface settings 10 the factory default settings CTRL I T Select text dump This comm 1nd informs the printer software that subsequent screen dump are text daia This is I he complemeniary command to the Select hires screen dump command CTRL I H This assignment remains in place until a hires graphics dump command is given CTRL I U Allow character codes 0 255 CTRL C V Restrict character codes to ...

Page 143: ...ransparent mode Your only choices are to reset the computer or issue n PR I com mand bo1h of 1bich reinitiallzc the printer oft varc and exit tran parent mode Be cardul when you use transparent mode and be sure you execute all the command needed to prin1 your document correctly before you enter iL CTRL I ctrl chr Change command designator character Thi i command allows you to change the conunand d...

Page 144: ... Reset or Power On deactivate the software 110d return 1he port configuration 10 the factory set state The factory set configuration for the serial interface is Selection Screen Echo Amo Linefeed Character Set Baud Rate Charncter length Parity Stop Bits Factory Selling Off Off 0 127only 300 baud 8 biL None I Slot 2 Seriat Interface Command Summary This list summarizes the serial port software comm...

Page 145: ... command to u e its features The CCJmmnnds all use a command introducu which CTRI I 1n the power up configuralltln bi character is used before all crial interface oftwnrc command When the compu1cr secs the CTRL A chnrnctcr and lhc next charnc ter is a valid command character this command is not cnt to the scrinl pon but 1mmed1ately pr by the computer If the command is not a valid one both the CTRL...

Page 146: ...1i siun1 Lntcr 11 for the combination of bits selected 0 8 1l tu1 I 1top 4 8 data 2 SIOJl 7 data I 11op s 7 d Ha 2 ll Jl 2 1 data I 11op 6 6 data 2 11op 3 dat l 1top 7 5 data 2 IOJ CfRL A E Printer Echo On terminal mode onl J CTRL A F Printer ho OfT terminal mode onl Printer cchu cau Jl1 tran1m111cJ and rere ed characters from the eroal pon to be sent also 10 the p 1ralld printer Th11 command ork1...

Page 147: ... new setting but want the original citings exit the Menu with ESC CTRLA I CTRL A J Screen Echo On Screen Echo Off These command control screen echo which determines whether characters sent 1 0 the serial port are displayed on the scn Cn or not Screen echo off docsn 1 display charactc on the screen and is the power up setting of the computer CrRL A K Auto Linefeed Off CfRL A L Auto Linef On These c...

Page 148: ...and in ro ducer These command arc procc cd locally by the computer and not tmnsmi11ed to the trial port CTRL A U Allow Clrnrocter Codes 0 255 CTRL A V Restrict Character Codes To I 127 TllC e commands permn or re tnt1 the nal pon trammts ons 10 ASCll character codes m the ranges ind 3tcd U ni the full character set is llt CC 3f for ome ltnds ol grapht0 lraosm S Ort here enUre range ofcodes IS need...

Page 149: ...d regain control of the computer Also remember to send all the needed configuration commands before you send the Transparent Mode command CTRL A ctrl chr Change Command Designator 01aracler This command allows you to change the command designator character from CTRL A to some other control character or your choice Enter for ctrl chr the control character you choose for lhe new command designator R...

Page 150: ...A t of 128 numerical codes for printed characters and control characters ASCU Ille A text file in which data is rerorded in ASCII code form that is char acter by character Backup A copy ofa diskette BASIC Beginner s All pur Symbolic Instruction Code A romputer language Baud rate The speed ofdata transmission between a computer and a peripheral given in biL1i per Cond Binary file A file usually on ...

Page 151: ...oard including the space and control keys like TAB and RETURN Sec ASCII Control codes Character Set The t llection or characters corresponding to the ASCII codes 0 to 127 Generally this is a standard set or alphabetic cha acters but it may also be any group of graphic or other character Cold boot Starting a computer usually from a power off state so that all memory is erased and the operating syst...

Page 152: ...s 1ha1 arc received by the telephone micro phone and convened into electrical signals by the telephone A direct connect modem generates the signals itself and connects directly into the telephone network See Modem Disk diskette A magnetic recording medium used to store data especially in per sonal computers A diskette consist ofa ncxiblc disk which spins inside a protective envelope Disk drive The...

Page 153: ...h decimal p 1in arc permissible in numbcri Ul d with Fr tnkliu DOS 2 Similar tO other pop ular versions of BASIC Floppy diskeue A rdcrcncc to the flexibility of the diskette though you should still be careful about handling the diskeue and not bending it See diskeue Formal To prepare a diskette for use by recording an organi ational scheme upon it Function key A key which can produce a function co...

Page 154: ...d modems Inverse Reverse video type of video display in whicl1 characters appear as dark objects on a light background 110 Input Output A very general term for the commUJ1ication between the computer and external peripheral devices Joystick A game controller K An abbreviation for kilo meaning one thousand In computer usage ii means 2 to the tenth power or I024 and net ds further designation of uni...

Page 155: ...ters Motherboard The colloquial name for the main electronics board Derived from it ability lo accept and support other circuit boards Mouse A hand held serial communications device you slide around the desk sur face to con1rol movement of the cursor and other computer operations NUM LOCK key A key that control the operation of the numeric keypad either to produce the numbers on its keytops or the...

Page 156: ...lhe power from a normal wall outlet to power he computer can use Program Aset of in slructions which dircclS the operation of the computer Also lo write these instructions Programmable keys These are keys which can receive store and generate a defi nirion you program omo the key See also Function keys PROM Programmed Read Only Memory Memory circuilS which hold dala with power off and cannot be cha...

Page 157: ...kette file Scroll A process 0111he display screen that moves the lines of text up or down to make room for more text Sedor A subdivision ofa track on a diskette See Track Serial interface A data transmission circuit using a single line for data Slot An elongated socket on the main electronics board which holds a peripheral board or the address m memory used to access the peripheral device connecte...

Page 158: ...mand control of the computer since all com mands except reinitializations like PR n are treated as data only Volume Aseldom used designaLOr for individual diskcLLCS recognized by Franklin DOS2 Utility A program or series ofprograms that sort through files reorganize the con tents of a diskene and perform a number of other housekeeping or maintenance functions Warm boot A program re wrt command CTR...

Page 159: ...or that ASCU code value 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 EQ BL BS t 1 VT FF CR so s 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 9i NK SN EB CN 5s EC FS GS Lis 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 I 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 4 s b 7 8 9 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 D E F G H I J K L M N 0 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 ...

Page 160: ...Franklin ACE 500 Computer I Mouse Character Set I I I F x v m i I _ A B c D E F G I f 1 J I H j K L M N 0 L 7 I I I p Q R s T u v w c I JL I I r x y z A I I I I A 2 I ...

Page 161: ...ignments Computer I PSTRB 0 0 14 NC I PRTR 2 0 0 15 NC PRTRJ 3 0 I 0 16 NC PRTR2 4 0 0 17 NC I PRTR3 5 0 0 18 GND PRTR4 6 0 I 0 19 GND PRTR5 7 0 I 0 20 GND PRTR6 8 0 0 21 GND I PRTR7 9 0 0 22 GND NC JO 0 I 0 23 GND PBUSY I I 0 0 24 GND I NC 12 0 0 25 GND NC 13 0 I I Parallel Printer Conneccor DB 25 Female Connector I A 3 ...

Page 162: ...EO GND 2 0 I 0 12 PHASE J GND 3 0 0 13 PHASE2 I GND 4 0 0 14 PHASE3 12V 5 0 I 0 15 WRTGATE 5V 6 0 I 0 16 NC 12V 7 0 0 17 DRVENB I 12V 8 0 0 18 RDDATA NC 9 0 I 0 19 WRTOATA WRTPROT JO 0 I External Disk Drive Connector I DB 19 Female Connector I I A 4 I ...

Page 163: ...I Appendix I I I I I I DSR2B 5 I DTR2B RD2B 4 2 TD2B I I 3 GND I I Serial Port DINS Connector I I I I A 5 ...

Page 164: ...Franklin ACE 500 Computer GND 0 0 6 INTENSITY GND 2 0 0 7 NC RED 3 0 0 8 COMP HORIZ SYNC GREEN 4 0 0 9 VERT SYNC BLUE 5 0 RCB Port DB 9 Female Connector A 6 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ...

Page 165: ...I Appendix I I I I 7 5 Sense I SY 6 0 0 I GND Sense I 12V 5 0 0 2 GND 12V 4 0 0 3 GND I I I Power Connector DI N 7 Connector I I I I I A 7 ...

Page 166: ...Franklin ACE 500 Computer A 8 GameSWI 0 0 6 5V 2 0 0 7 GND 3 0 0 8 XDir 4 0 0 9 PDLO Xmovc 5 0 Mouse Joystick Port DB 9 Female Connector NC GameSWO PDLI YDir Ymove I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ...

Page 167: ...Editing Commands 7 3 9 15 9 16 BASIC Reserved Words 7 9 7 10 Baud Rate J0 4 10 5 10 6 10 15 G 1 Boot 4 4 8 2 I0 2 I0 4 G 1 Boot Diskettes 4 l 4 G 8 ROOTl3 5 13 BREAK Key 3 5 4 10 4 15 BRUN 4 15 CAPS LOCK Key 2 6 3 3 G 2 CATALOG 4 8 4 9 5 2 S 10 6 1 8 2 G 2 CHAIN CHACN2 5 13 Character Length 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 16 Character Set 2 5 7 4 7 5 9 7 9 8 10 6 10 12 10 18 G 2 A 1 A 2 Closed F Key 2 2 3 5 CLR...

Page 168: ...17 9 1 9 5 9 8 9 9 80i40 s 11ch 2 5 9 6 G 3 ENTCR Key J l 3 4 J 8 7 3 Fnhanced Video Software 9 10 through 9 15 9 16 9 17 Error Mci 3gcs 5 3 5 4 5 5 7 11 7 12 G 4 ESC Key 3 4 Escape Sequence Commands 9 13 through 9 15 G 4 File Numc 4 11 4 I 5 G 4 File Type 4 11 G 4 FKEY 6 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 Formal ofa diskeue 4 14 5 7 G 4 Formatting 4 14 4 16 5 7 5 8 FRAMDISK 2 21 5 13 5 1 4 5 15 5 16 Franklin DOS 2 Cb...

Page 169: ...4 Numeric Keypad 3 2 3 3 3 7 7 3 Numeric Keypad Editing Commands See BASIC r d11ing Commands NUM LOCK Key 2 6 3 3 3 7 7 3 G 6 ONE DRIVE COPY 4 6 5 6 Open F Key S I also Cold 8001 2 2 3 5 4 14 4 15 4 17 OPTION SWITCH 1 2 8 2 17 OPTION SWITCH 2 2 8 2 12 2 17 94 OPTION SWITCH 3 2 8 2 12 2 17 9 S OPTION SWITCH 4 2 8 2 12 2 17 9 5 OPTION SWITCH 5 2 8 2 12 2 17 9 1 9 5 OPTION SWITCH 6 2 8 2 18 IG 3 IG 1...

Page 170: ...na Communicauoo 2 3 2 8 2 19 10 1 10 2 10 4 10 13 6 8 iHWf Key 3 1 3 3 1n1 1 4 12 i 14 i 15 10 2 10 10 R 10 IJ G 8 Sort arc Handshaking See X01 X0Ff Protocol Source 4 6 4 7 G 8 Speaker 2 5 Sid Mouse Switch 2 5 9 7 S1op Bil 10 5 10 6 10 16 G 8 T hnical Rererence Manual 1 6 3 4 5 1 5 3 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 Terminal Mode 10 16 10 17 10 18 Truck 2 3 4 1O 4 15 4 16 5 6 G 9 Trun parcnl Mode 10 12 10 18 G 9 U...

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