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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ALT key with nums
Message-ID: <1462@kontron.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 16:32:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 17 16:32:57 1987
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> I have just discovered the capability of entering special codes above
> 127 (decimal) by holding down the alt key, and entering the decimal value
> in the range 000 to 255 on the numeric key pad. This doesn't look like a
> bug, so it must be a feature :-) .   Can someone please direct me to
> documentation that details the names (shapes) of all the IBM standard
> characters for codes 128 thru 255. 

The standard characters are documented in the same place that the ALT <num>
capability is documented: the BASIC manual.  (That's the only reason I
keep one at my desk.)

> How do I get my EPSON LQ1500 to print them. (do I need to download the font
>     or can I be real sneaky and get the font out of the BIOS or EGA roms
>     and somehow make them match one of the formats that the LQ1500
>     understands)
> 
> thanks in advance,             Philip Freidin

Sorry.  There's no pixel image of these characters readily accessible.
There is an expansion cartridge for the Epson LQ800/LQ1000 printers that
can print the entire IBM character set, but I'm not sure if it is available
for the LQ1500.

Clayton E. Cramer