International characters
As you know, languages other than English require a few extra
characters. In the Epson mode, the FX-286 has provided for printing in
many languages by having nearly 100 international characters in its
ROM (Read Only Memory). This total includes characters in three
sets: draft, draft italic, and NLQ (Near Letter Quality).
In order to print any of these characters, you first select one of the
following character sets and then use the individual characters within
that set.
0 USA
6 Italy
1 France
7 Spain
2 Germany
8 Japan
3 United Kingdom
9 Norway
4 Denmark I
10 Denmark II
5 Sweden
You select the character set in one of two ways: with an ESCape
code or with a DIP switch (see Appendix A). The ESCape code in
BASIC has the following format:
LPRINT CHR$(27)"R"CHR$(n)
in which n is the appropriate number from the list above. In other
words, the BASIC command to select the French character set is
LPRINT CHR$(27)"R"CHR$(l)
The other method of selecting an international character set is to
reset a DIP switch. If you plan to use one of the international sets quite
a bit, see Appendix A for instructions for using the DIP switches.
Once you have selected a character set, whether you do it with the
ESCape code or the DIP switches, you will be able to print several new
characters. The character sets are shown in Tables 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4.
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