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From: abrams@MITRE.ARPA (Marshall D. Abrams)
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Subject: Observations and questions re AtariWriter Plus
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Date: Sun, 4-May-86 07:57:27 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  4 07:57:27 1986
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In the process of familiarization with AtariWriter Plus I ran into
several items I thought interesting enough to share and ask about:

The built-in Epson driver is for an FX-80. I have an MX-80, so I
thought I had to generate a unique driver. Is that correct, or will
the built-in one work? One concern was that the built-in driver 
accomplished underlining by backspace underscore instead of 
turning on underline. It also works differently than AtariWriter (unplus),
which first printed the line and then underlined it. Well, no matter what
I did, my MX-80 driver still did underlining by backspace underscore.
I guess that's how the logic is built.

In editing printer drivers, I discovered there was no way to completely
return to the virgin state of having no entry for a function. A CR
with no entry left the previous entry unchanged. A space was not
accepted. The best I could do was put in a zero. I wonder what the effect will b of sending a null to the printer. Any suggestions?

I have the AtariWriter patch which permits print to disk. I use the option 
which output no printer controls because I use this function to
produce afile which can be subsequently uploaded with AMODEM. After
several trys I discovered that the same effect was posible in AtariWriter
Plus by specifying 155 (Atari's EOL) as the CR LF and CR only sequences.

I notice that if I want to switch from printer output to print to disk,
I have to reboot. Can this be circumvented? Is there any way to get
the printer driver automatically loaded when AtariWriter Plus boots up?
I really don't like having to go through the three step selection menu.

I would be interested in communicating with others about their feelings
of the conversion from AtariWriter to Plus.

Sincerely,

 - Marshall D. Abrams, phone: (703) 883-6938
   The MITRE Corporation, 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd.
   Mail Stop W458, Mc Lean, VA   22102