Printer and Prodos Problems with LC II IIe emulator.

[Self Violator <doug@palantir.ca>]

This is for my dad. Hope someone can help him. 


PRODOS DATE PROBLEMS

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
   Macintosh LC II with  Apple IIe Card (Version 2.1 Copyright 77-92)
and ImageWriter II printer, ProDOS Version 1.9, 16-Jul-90

THE PROBLEM
Currently when I save a file in the IIe partition of the computer, the
date is set at 91.
When I use the System Date and Time Update I get the following reesults:
02-> 91, 95->91,90->91
There is at least one directory that is dated at 98. What I did to get
that I can�t remember.
When I set the Macintosh date to(20)03 the ProDOS date becomes
(19)86!!! What concerns me is that at that point a current modification
date will precede the last modification date so that when I go to
backup files they will not be recognized as being more recent than the
previous - which will be a real pain.
I have tried looking at the System Date and Time Update Basic Program -
but got nowhere (maybe my indequacy). Also the ProDOS system using the
ProDOS Technical Manual but to no avail.
Is a newer ProDos Version available? Would this correct the problem?
WOULD A MORE RECENT APPLE II e CARD (IS ONE AVAILABLE) FIX THIS?


PRINTER PROBLEMS

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
   Macintosh LC II with  Apple IIe Card (Version 2.1 Copyright 77-92)
and ImageWrite II printer

THE PROBLEMS
I. Overprinting (No line feed)
What happens: Whenever I am in Apple IIe mode and turn on the printer
to dump a program written in BASIC any line longer than the regular 80
character width is printed on itself. This also happens in any BASIC
program that attemps to print text of more than 80 characters.
(There are NO text printing problems in Macintosh mode OR IN APPLE MODE
when I use my GUTENBERG word processer - which generates it own control
stuff.)
Trial Solutions: According to my ImageWriter II Owner�s GUIDE ( the
Owner�s MANUAL specifies Apple II, II Plus, IIc, IIe, III, Macintosh,
Macintosh XL/Lisa - does not say the LC II - but it�s the only manual I
have. The GUIDE does not mention any specific computer.)  p.87 �If the
printout shows the entire document printing on one line ... the problem
is line feed. A line-feed character causes the printer to advance the
paper one line every time your software sends a carriage return
(meaning the end of the line.
The GUIDE suggests some fixes:
   Setting switch SW1-8 (inside the printer) to closed - doesn�t work
(????)
   Sending software line feed signals. According to the Quick Reference
Card there is a Function - Add automatic line feed after carriage
return - ASCII code sequence 27;68;128;0 that should do it. So (in the
case of text-to-print in a program) I would turn the printer on (SW1-8
open)(? chr$(4);�PR#1�) (whether the screen is in 40 or 80 mode seems
to make no difference), send the sequence and attempt to send text of,
say, 140 characters - doesn�t work (????)
Is it possible that for some reason no carriage return is occuring?
There is a Function - Add carriage return before line feed - ASCII
27;108.48, that I tried to incorporate with no success.
(That it CAN be made to work somehow is clear since it does in the IIe
Gutenberg situation.)
   WOULD A MORE RECENT CARD (IS ONE AVAILABLE?) FIX THIS?

II. No Echo to Screen
When I turn on my old system (Enhanced Apple IIe, Parallel Card, DMP)
for printing I can see what I am typing in (e.g.? Chr$(9);�80N�, to get
full page width printout of programs )
When I try the same thing with the LC II, Apple Card, Imagewriter II
configuration, the screen goes black as soon as the PR#1 is entered
(direct, not program mode - don�t care about program mode), which makes
it very tricky to type anything in such as �LIST 120,250� to get a
partial program listing (in addition to the problem above!).
Is this an Apple Card goof? Is it patchable in machine language? etc.
etc. 
WOULD A MORE RECENT CARD (IS ONE AVAILABLE?) FIX THIS?