[Coco] Printing from Disk Extended Color Basic (via Drivewire)

[Ron Klein]

Everyone,

Thanks so much for showing an interesting in printing in DECB via
Drivewire.  I'm always impressed with the level of technical knowledge and
sharing of ideas that routinely happens on this mailing list.

Such a great community of folks.

Thank you

-Ron


On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:

> Arthur Flexser wrote:
>
>> Robert, it is true that Basic resets the value in $6F to zero when screen
>> output (like printing OK) is required.  But I'm reasonably sure (though
>> it's been a long time) that if you include the DIR command on the same
>> line
>> as a poke to $6F, the value will remain throughout the execution of the
>> DIR.
>>
>> In fact, you could extend the command with POKE&H6F,&HFE:DIR:PRINT
>> FREE(0);" Free grans" to cause the amount of free space left on the disk
>> to
>> print out below the directory.
>>
>> Art
>>
>>
> I tried that with my original ml code and it did not work as the Coco
> froze per the OP's email. It failed for LLIST and also PRINT #-2. It did
> work with VCC using its own printer routines and probably would work with a
> Coco and attached printer.
>
> Robert
>
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