[Coco] a not very important drivewire question

[David Ladd]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I wonder if this sort of thing could be patched in ram?  And if so, would
> it make sense to have optional features such as #-2 printer support kept as
> patches rather than trying to squeeze too much into the 8k rom? It seems
> like the size limit is a constant challenge.
>

I think the RAM patch would work fine if one can be made that would work
with the CoCo1 all the way to the CoCo3.




>
> For flushing, there is also the option to have the user push a button or
> something in the GUI rather than trying to implement on the coco side.  I
> could make the buffer more accessible too.  Or the server could assume that
> X seconds without new print data means flush anything in the buffer, that
> kind of thing.  I prefer to always implement things on the coco side but
> when ROM space is precious maybe its better on the server end.
>
>
One option is for those printers that understand (Form Feed) character.
Not sure what that value is off hand, but that I would think would be a
good one.

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David Ladd
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