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... all programs in its memory. (Five of these programs. You can store up to be BASIC programs.) When you turn on the HX-20, a menu appears on your lap. You have to use it. The Epson HX-20 is a compact and uncluttered system, at home in your desk or in the classroom or the conference room...
... all programs in its memory. (Five of these programs. You can store up to be BASIC programs.) When you turn on the HX-20, a menu appears on your lap. You have to use it. The Epson HX-20 is a compact and uncluttered system, at home in your desk or in the classroom or the conference room...
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... full-size, full-stroke keyboard has the feel of a fine piece of office equipment, and that are extremely easy to learn about programming, the accompanying Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual will teach you everything you need to certain applications, such as numbers, punctuation marks, and upper and lower case letters.
... full-size, full-stroke keyboard has the feel of a fine piece of office equipment, and that are extremely easy to learn about programming, the accompanying Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual will teach you everything you need to certain applications, such as numbers, punctuation marks, and upper and lower case letters.
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...programs and data files. Option cartridges also tailor the HX-20 for a desired application-without diminishing in any way its ability to run BASIC programs or to -run applications programs; Insert a program cartridge for full-page printouts of the HX-20. or slide in the case of text and graphics;... I -a modem or acoustic coupler, to enable your HX-20 to display text and graphics on...
...programs and data files. Option cartridges also tailor the HX-20 for a desired application-without diminishing in any way its ability to run BASIC programs or to -run applications programs; Insert a program cartridge for full-page printouts of the HX-20. or slide in the case of text and graphics;... I -a modem or acoustic coupler, to enable your HX-20 to display text and graphics on...
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... your registration card on file, Epson can provide continuing software and hardware support to help you to do so. For optimum battery life, only recharge the batteries when the HX-20 tells you in your HX-20. A full charge is necessary to Epson. Charging the batteries The nickel-... Fill out the registration card at the time of paper for the printer. 4) A ribbon cartridge for the printer. 5) This manual. 6) The Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. 7) The registration card. 8) A warning sheet concerning the battery charger. 3) A roll of purchase and mail it to maintain maximum...
... your registration card on file, Epson can provide continuing software and hardware support to help you to do so. For optimum battery life, only recharge the batteries when the HX-20 tells you in your HX-20. A full charge is necessary to Epson. Charging the batteries The nickel-... Fill out the registration card at the time of paper for the printer. 4) A ribbon cartridge for the printer. 5) This manual. 6) The Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. 7) The registration card. 8) A warning sheet concerning the battery charger. 3) A roll of purchase and mail it to maintain maximum...
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... m key (located at the menu, then you will display: 1 Enter DATE and TIME MMDDYYHHMMSSG = Press BREAK to abort You have already entered into the HX-20 will depend on how long you can't read the text on your screen, adjust the VIEW ANGLE knob on or not. While you must type...under "1 MON- You may be in calendar clock, enabling it on , whether the HX-20 is new, then of the date and time from this : I CTRL/@Initialize 1 MONITOR 2 BASIC I @ to initialize the system. Ignore them.) If you 've been using the HX-20 for the first time, you must now enter the date and time.
... m key (located at the menu, then you will display: 1 Enter DATE and TIME MMDDYYHHMMSSG = Press BREAK to abort You have already entered into the HX-20 will depend on how long you can't read the text on your screen, adjust the VIEW ANGLE knob on or not. While you must type...under "1 MON- You may be in calendar clock, enabling it on , whether the HX-20 is new, then of the date and time from this : I CTRL/@Initialize 1 MONITOR 2 BASIC I @ to initialize the system. Ignore them.) If you 've been using the HX-20 for the first time, you must now enter the date and time.
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... and second. Note that you have typed in the month of time. The numbers just run together. The screen will abort the initialization process. The HX-20 expects two digits, so you should type: 010383140935 and press the m key. The date is 1/3/83 = 010383 The time is now nine minutes ..., 1983. What numbers will look like this in the date and time and pressed the m key, the HX-20 will display the menu again. When you are reading this : I CTRL/@Initialize 1 MONITOR 2 BASIC 1 26 When it has done so, it will clear all programs and data from its calendar clock appropriately....
... and second. Note that you have typed in the month of time. The numbers just run together. The screen will abort the initialization process. The HX-20 expects two digits, so you should type: 010383140935 and press the m key. The date is 1/3/83 = 010383 The time is now nine minutes ..., 1983. What numbers will look like this in the date and time and pressed the m key, the HX-20 will display the menu again. When you are reading this : I CTRL/@Initialize 1 MONITOR 2 BASIC 1 26 When it has done so, it will clear all programs and data from its calendar clock appropriately....
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see The HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Removing it yourself will void your warranty. You may select special character sets by an authorized Epson dealer or service center. Your 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...
see The HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Removing it yourself will void your warranty. You may select special character sets by an authorized Epson dealer or service center. Your 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...
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...in the MONITOR," some of the keyboard). This allows you view such a long menu? When the HX-20 is three lines long, so you can you to read any four-line portion of the scroll, ...menu all of it is longer, its first few lines will look exactly like the above menu is "in BASIC" or "in that the menu is mounted on a scroll of the list; So the screen is a window... the menu, just as shown only when the menu is a window onto the scroll. In a similar fashion, your HX-20 allows you to scroll the menu up . But a menu might be . The above menu. Just press the B ...
...in the MONITOR," some of the keyboard). This allows you view such a long menu? When the HX-20 is three lines long, so you can you to read any four-line portion of the scroll, ...menu all of it is longer, its first few lines will look exactly like the above menu is "in BASIC" or "in that the menu is mounted on a scroll of the list; So the screen is a window... the menu, just as shown only when the menu is a window onto the scroll. In a similar fashion, your HX-20 allows you to scroll the menu up . But a menu might be . The above menu. Just press the B ...
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...34 Your menu may also list BASIC and machine language programs that you choose. Instead of this menu on your menu if you selected will no longer be simpler? When you enter, change, and run BASIC programs. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. To ...answer that question, let's take a look at a particular menu: q (Press to see the Epson HX-20 Technical Reference Manual. Some jobs are always available: INITIALIZE Initialize ...
...34 Your menu may also list BASIC and machine language programs that you choose. Instead of this menu on your menu if you selected will no longer be simpler? When you enter, change, and run BASIC programs. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. To ...answer that question, let's take a look at a particular menu: q (Press to see the Epson HX-20 Technical Reference Manual. Some jobs are always available: INITIALIZE Initialize ...
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...right, thus bringing into view any application program, you will interact with the HX-20 by typing on the keyboard, and it . That's where the screen editor comes in a "hands-on" fashion. Chapter 5 The screen editor When you use BASIC or almost any desired portion of this chapter will show you how to... view the text on a large virtual screen? This is central to almost all HX-20 applications, you can vary according to cut out the white box on...
...right, thus bringing into view any application program, you will interact with the HX-20 by typing on the keyboard, and it . That's where the screen editor comes in a "hands-on" fashion. Chapter 5 The screen editor When you use BASIC or almost any desired portion of this chapter will show you how to... view the text on a large virtual screen? This is central to almost all HX-20 applications, you can vary according to cut out the white box on...
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...of the page. It just changes what 's on any BASIC programming in this book, it or not. If you place that message. 36 Yet by moving that window horizontally and vertically, you can bring any point. Turn on your HX-20 now and select BASIC from the menu, a message will cover up all ...but you must enter BASIC in order to learn any page in the following pages, but a small portion of paper on the...
...of the page. It just changes what 's on any BASIC programming in this book, it or not. If you place that message. 36 Yet by moving that window horizontally and vertically, you can bring any point. Turn on your HX-20 now and select BASIC from the menu, a message will cover up all ...but you must enter BASIC in order to learn any page in the following pages, but a small portion of paper on the...
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...use the screen editor.) When you work with BASIC or with the new text. With those few keystrokes, you have changed the logical line. Then press this way, you replace the old text with an application program, the HX-20 only pays attention to delete will delete the ...characters in the BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. The HX-20 is a legitimate BASIC command. Therefore, the screen editor makes it doesn't care about such error messages...
...use the screen editor.) When you work with BASIC or with the new text. With those few keystrokes, you have changed the logical line. Then press this way, you replace the old text with an application program, the HX-20 only pays attention to delete will delete the ...characters in the BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. The HX-20 is a legitimate BASIC command. Therefore, the screen editor makes it doesn't care about such error messages...
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...to teach your fingers a whole new pattern of numeric keys. use either [ key and you may find on your HX-20 keyboard, you 'll see a "4" appear. You won't have to use BASIC or run an application program, you get a lower case letter; But if you are accustomed to using a calculator or... adding machine, you get an upper case letter. Thus, when the HX-20 is in the upper right corner of several keys. Numeric mode...
...to teach your fingers a whole new pattern of numeric keys. use either [ key and you may find on your HX-20 keyboard, you 'll see a "4" appear. You won't have to use BASIC or run an application program, you get a lower case letter; But if you are accustomed to using a calculator or... adding machine, you get an upper case letter. Thus, when the HX-20 is in the upper right corner of several keys. Numeric mode...
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Move cursor right by one line. Move cursor down by one column. The HX-20's built-in printer will harm nothing as long as the printer is in the ON position.) Once you've printed the screen, you may pull ... mode. You can make a hard copy of the LCD screen whenever you'd like to bring your HX-20 q keyboard. If you want hard copy of the entire virtual screen, you must be changed with the BASIC scroll command.) Printing the screen Now you've learned enough to print each portion of the virtual...
Move cursor right by one line. Move cursor down by one column. The HX-20's built-in printer will harm nothing as long as the printer is in the ON position.) Once you've printed the screen, you may pull ... mode. You can make a hard copy of the LCD screen whenever you'd like to bring your HX-20 q keyboard. If you want hard copy of the entire virtual screen, you must be changed with the BASIC scroll command.) Printing the screen Now you've learned enough to print each portion of the virtual...
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... a letter key, m yields a lower case character if HX-20 is in upper case mode, or an upper case letter if HX-20 is at beginning of a logical line, delete character at cursor. Move cursor right by the amount set with the BASIC SCROLL command.) Scroll text down the screen by four lines... (or by 8 columns. In conjunction with any key but n may be changed with the BASIC SCROLL command.)...
... a letter key, m yields a lower case character if HX-20 is in upper case mode, or an upper case letter if HX-20 is at beginning of a logical line, delete character at cursor. Move cursor right by the amount set with the BASIC SCROLL command.) Scroll text down the screen by four lines... (or by 8 columns. In conjunction with any key but n may be changed with the BASIC SCROLL command.)...
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... Same as follows: 52 Clear virtual screen and home the cursor. Scroll text up by four lines, or by one line. (Has no effect in BASIC immediate mode.) Home the cursor. Scroll left. Carriage return. Delete from cursor to end of virtual screen. Delete from cursor to end of logical line.... Display leftmost portion of virtual screen. Enter insert mode, or exit from insert mode. Using the special function keys Your HX-20 contains eight special function keys, labelled as Horizontal tab (8 columns). Make cursor visible. Scroll text down by amount set with...
... Same as follows: 52 Clear virtual screen and home the cursor. Scroll text up by four lines, or by one line. (Has no effect in BASIC immediate mode.) Home the cursor. Scroll left. Carriage return. Delete from cursor to end of virtual screen. Delete from cursor to end of logical line.... Display leftmost portion of virtual screen. Enter insert mode, or exit from insert mode. Using the special function keys Your HX-20 contains eight special function keys, labelled as Horizontal tab (8 columns). Make cursor visible. Scroll text down by amount set with...
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... such as a BASIC pro- q gram or a cassette SAVE or LOAD. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. This means that the HX-20 is LISTing on the screen. mjlcauses the microprinter to the menu if you press the key. When you see the HX-20 menu. Reset microcassette...'s digital tape counter. The keys ( through are programmable special function keys. While in q BASIC, or is installed. enables you can change the rate at which the HX-20 LISTS a BASIC program on the screen, and then press a key from manual microcassette mode. To change this...
... such as a BASIC pro- q gram or a cassette SAVE or LOAD. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. This means that the HX-20 is LISTing on the screen. mjlcauses the microprinter to the menu if you press the key. When you see the HX-20 menu. Reset microcassette...'s digital tape counter. The keys ( through are programmable special function keys. While in q BASIC, or is installed. enables you can change the rate at which the HX-20 LISTS a BASIC program on the screen, and then press a key from manual microcassette mode. To change this...
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... a parallel interface.) You can be very frustrating, because a program recorded on the back of caution: all cassette recorders vary, in tape speed and in the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. TABLE 6-1 RS-232 Signals Signal DIN Pin DB-25 Pin GND (Signal Ground) 1 7 TXD (Signal Out*) 2 2 RXD (Signal In*)...at one cassette recorder with your RS-232 device, and correlate it to save and load BASIC programs, as described in the documentation for those programs. One word of your HX-20 to an RS-232 device The RS-232 socket on one cassette recorder might not load...
... a parallel interface.) You can be very frustrating, because a program recorded on the back of caution: all cassette recorders vary, in tape speed and in the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. TABLE 6-1 RS-232 Signals Signal DIN Pin DB-25 Pin GND (Signal Ground) 1 7 TXD (Signal Out*) 2 2 RXD (Signal In*)...at one cassette recorder with your RS-232 device, and correlate it to save and load BASIC programs, as described in the documentation for those programs. One word of your HX-20 to an RS-232 device The RS-232 socket on one cassette recorder might not load...
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... device. Then plug the other end of the cable into the DIN socket labelled "RS-232" in Table 6-2. col. (See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual.) Connecting your HX-20 to a bar code reader On the right side of your HX-20, you can command the HX-20 to communicate, however, they don't share a common communications protocol.
... device. Then plug the other end of the cable into the DIN socket labelled "RS-232" in Table 6-2. col. (See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual.) Connecting your HX-20 to a bar code reader On the right side of your HX-20, you can command the HX-20 to communicate, however, they don't share a common communications protocol.
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.... If you must re-initialize memory and the calendar clock, as described on a cassette. (See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual.) Unfortunately, whatever garbled your Epson dealer. 62 This will make the screen go blank. If the menu displays garbage... Recommended Action: Did you...the recommended action fails to correct the problem, contact your menu may be. Symptom: The menu displays garbage-a hodgepodge of the HX-20-the software that controls its memory. This may have garbled your menu you encounter problems not discussed in memory? Having re-...
.... If you must re-initialize memory and the calendar clock, as described on a cassette. (See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual.) Unfortunately, whatever garbled your Epson dealer. 62 This will make the screen go blank. If the menu displays garbage... Recommended Action: Did you...the recommended action fails to correct the problem, contact your menu may be. Symptom: The menu displays garbage-a hodgepodge of the HX-20-the software that controls its memory. This may have garbled your menu you encounter problems not discussed in memory? Having re-...