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Master Select
The LX-90 has a special ESCape code called Master Select that al-
lows you to choose any possible combination of seven different
modes: pica, elite, compressed, emphasized, double-strike, expanded,
and italic. The format of the Master Select code is ESCape “!” followed
by a number that is calculated by adding together the values of the
modes listed below:
italic
64
expanded
32
double-strike
16
emphasized
8
compressed
4
elite
1
pica
0
For any combination, just add up the values of each of the modes
you want and use the total as the number after ESCape “!“. For exam-
ple, to calculate the code for expanded underlined pica, add the fol-
lowing numbers together:
italic
expanded
pica
64
32
0
96
To print this combination, therefore, you use ESCape "!" followed
by the number 96. In the BASIC programming language the com-
mand is CHR$ (27) “!“ CHR$ (96).
To try this number or any other, enter and run this short program,
which will ask you for a Master Select number and then give you a
sample of printing using that code.
18 INPUT "Master Select number"; M
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LPRINT CHR$ (27) ; "!" ; CHR$(M)
40 LPRINT "This sample of printing uses"
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LPRINT "Master Select number" ;M
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LPRINT CHR$(27);"@"
Here is a sample using Master Select number 96:
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