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Re: Applesoft question



> On which computer?  Assuming you mean a IIe, IIc or IIgs, you can turn
> 80-column mode on and off as follows:
> 
> 10 D$=CHR$(4)
> 20 PRINT D$;"PR#3": REM 80-column mode ON
> 30 REM whatever
> 40 PRINT CHR$(21);: REM 80-column mode OFF
> 50 END
> 
> On the IIgs (and possibly the IIc - I haven't tried recently), you can
> also use PR#0.

PR#0 is a very unreliable way to turn off the 80 col card.
If there is any DOS installed, you normally will just close out
any printers or modems, leaving the 80col unaffected.  I know this
works this way on the //c, and *thought* it was how the IIgs worked
as well.  CHR$( 21) works on any 80 col card, all the way back to the
first ones on the ][+.

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Nathan Fisher
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