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SG-10 TIP

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00000040: 4F 4D 20 22 D3 49 58 54  59 C6 4F 52 55 4D 22 2C  |OM ".IXTY.ORUM",|
00000050: 20 0D 54 48 45 20 4E 45  57 53 4C 45 54 54 45 52  | .THE NEWSLETTER|
00000060: 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20  C6 52 45 53 4E 4F 2C 20  | OF THE .RESNO, |
00000070: C3 C1 20 0D D5 53 45 52  27 53 20 C7 52 4F 55 50  |.. ..SER'S .ROUP|
00000080: 2E 0D 0D C1 4E 20 55 4E  44 4F 43 55 4D 45 4E 54  |....N UNDOCUMENT|
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00000210: 20 54 48 41 54 20 44 4F  4E 27 54 20 53 45 45 4D  | THAT DON'T SEEM|
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00000250: 20 57 48 41 54 20 49 53  20 53 45 4E 54 20 54 4F  | WHAT IS SENT TO|
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000002B0: 20 49 4E 54 45 52 46 41  43 45 0D 49 4E 54 4F 20  | INTERFACE.INTO |
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000002D0: 43 48 20 44 4F 45 53 20  54 48 45 20 53 41 4D 45  |CH DOES THE SAME|
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00000300: 49 45 4C 44 20 44 41 59  20 46 4F 52 20 59 4F 55  |IELD DAY FOR YOU|
00000310: 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D  4D 45 52 53 2E 20 20 C8  | PROGRAMMERS.  .|
00000320: 4F 57 20 0D 41 42 4F 55  54 20 4C 45 54 54 49 4E  |OW .ABOUT LETTIN|
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00000350: 20 51 55 49 52 4B 53 20  59 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45  | QUIRKS YOU HAVE|
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.               SG-10 TIP.              
 ---------..REPRINTED FROM "SIXTYFORUM",
 .THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FRESNO, CA .USER
'S GROUP...AN UNDOCUMENTED FEATURE OF TH
E STAR .SG-10 PRINTER IS THAT THERE IS A
 HEX.DUMP MODE.  DEPRESS THE FF AND LF K
EYS.AS YOU TURN THE POWER ON, A BEEP WIL
L.SOUND AND YOU ARE IN THE HEX MODE.  .E
VERYTHING YOU SENT TO THE PRINTER WILL.B
E REPRESENTED BY TWO CHARACTERS, THE .HE
XADECIMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE .CHARACT
ER'S ASCII NUMBER.  I'VE FOUND .THIS VER
Y USEFUL WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING .GRAPHICS 
PROGRAMS THAT DON'T SEEM TO .WORK RIGHT.
  WITH THIS YOU CAN SEE .EXACTLY WHAT IS
 SENT TO THE PRINTER; .CONTROL CHARACTER
S AND ALL.  IN THE .PAST I HAVE PUT MY C
ARDCO +G INTERFACE.INTO THE HEX MODE WHI
CH DOES THE SAME.THING BUT IS MORE TROUB
LE...A FIELD DAY FOR YOU PROGRAMMERS.  H
OW .ABOUT LETTING US ALL IN ON SOME OF T
HE.OTHER QUIRKS YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT .
YOUR PRINTERS? .
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