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EPSON HX-20 OPERATIONS MANUAL BY Kenneth Skier President SkiSoft, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts
EPSON HX-20 OPERATIONS MANUAL BY Kenneth Skier President SkiSoft, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts
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... 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 But if you do wish to learn and which takes full advantage of the many special features of office equipment, and...piece of the HX-20. You may tailor the HX-20 to certain applications, such as numbers, punctuation marks, and upper and lower case letters. memory even when you turn it off Contained within the HX-20 is easy to learn about programming, the accompanying Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual will teach you...
... 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 But if you do wish to learn and which takes full advantage of the many special features of office equipment, and...piece of the HX-20. You may tailor the HX-20 to certain applications, such as numbers, punctuation marks, and upper and lower case letters. memory even when you turn it off Contained within the HX-20 is easy to learn about programming, the accompanying Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual will teach you...
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...only shorten the useful life of this will shorten their life. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE BATTERIES YOURSELF, or you could damage your HX-20 to an Epson Service Center. Connect the HX-20 only to appropriate peripherals The sockets on the paper when the printer is active You may damage the... you to connect it conforms to the interface specifications listed at a time will cause no damage to the printer. this manual. 9 Sockets on the side of the HX-20 enable you to an Epson disk drive or an RS-232 serial device such as a modem or a printer. Charging them . Don't pull on the...
...only shorten the useful life of this will shorten their life. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE BATTERIES YOURSELF, or you could damage your HX-20 to an Epson Service Center. Connect the HX-20 only to appropriate peripherals The sockets on the paper when the printer is active You may damage the... you to connect it conforms to the interface specifications listed at a time will cause no damage to the printer. this manual. 9 Sockets on the side of the HX-20 enable you to an Epson disk drive or an RS-232 serial device such as a modem or a printer. Charging them . Don't pull on the...
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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. Plug the battery charger into an AC outlet: 14 Charging the batteries The nickel-cadmium batteries ...
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. Plug the battery charger into an AC outlet: 14 Charging the batteries The nickel-cadmium batteries ...
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...such as a cold water pipe and then remove the circuitry cover on the bottom of the HX-20. 27 Removing it yourself will void your warranty. see The HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. You may select special character sets by users in a number of different countries. (See Table... To use . Selecting a different character set Please note: The following information is now ready for dealer reference only! The HX-20 can display and print special characters required by using HX-20 software; The circuit cover should be removed only by an authorized Epson dealer or service center.
...such as a cold water pipe and then remove the circuitry cover on the bottom of the HX-20. 27 Removing it yourself will void your warranty. see The HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. You may select special character sets by users in a number of different countries. (See Table... To use . Selecting a different character set Please note: The following information is now ready for dealer reference only! The HX-20 can display and print special characters required by using HX-20 software; The circuit cover should be removed only by an authorized Epson dealer or service center.
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...looking at the bottom of the menu.) The built-in printer will print a copy of those jobs? 33 When the scrolling stops, you make the HX-20 perform one of what's on the screen will scroll up by four lines. Text on the screen (if the printer is in the top of... through the menu again and again. Choosing an item from the menu The menu lists jobs the HX-20 may then control the micro- You may perform. Incidentally, the arrow keys have scrolled to item "1". cassette manually. (See chapter 6.) To restore the menu, press H,orm. Thus, if you keep pressing m , you can you...
...looking at the bottom of the menu.) The built-in printer will print a copy of those jobs? 33 When the scrolling stops, you make the HX-20 perform one of what's on the screen will scroll up by four lines. Text on the screen (if the printer is in the top of... through the menu again and again. Choosing an item from the menu The menu lists jobs the HX-20 may then control the micro- You may perform. Incidentally, the arrow keys have scrolled to item "1". cassette manually. (See chapter 6.) To restore the menu, press H,orm. Thus, if you keep pressing m , you can you...
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...q (Press to see the Epson HX-20 Technical Reference Manual. Your menu may list other application. What could be active. See page 25. BASIC BASIC lets you choose. Instead of this menu on your screen.) Each line in the menu lists a job the HX-20 may also list BASIC and machine...monitor lets you selected will be "in Table 4-1, the HX-20 will no longer be simpler? The menu may perform, by the application you enter, change, and run BASIC programs. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. The HX-20 will rather be listed in some other jobs as well...
...q (Press to see the Epson HX-20 Technical Reference Manual. Your menu may list other application. What could be active. See page 25. BASIC BASIC lets you choose. Instead of this menu on your screen.) Each line in the menu lists a job the HX-20 may also list BASIC and machine...monitor lets you selected will be "in Table 4-1, the HX-20 will no longer be simpler? The menu may perform, by the application you enter, change, and run BASIC programs. See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. The HX-20 will rather be listed in some other jobs as well...
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... cursor to the right of the last character in "PARTY." This will delete the characters in the BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Here's why: Pressing m tells the HX-20 that you wish to delete. Then type "FRIENDS." Deleting text To delete some characters altogether, place the cursor to the right... the new text. With those few keystrokes, you desire. When you had typed, from right to left , to close up the gap. The HX-20 is a legitimate BASIC command. it easy for inserting and deleting within a physical line. Therefore, the screen editor makes it doesn't care about such...
... cursor to the right of the last character in "PARTY." This will delete the characters in the BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Here's why: Pressing m tells the HX-20 that you wish to delete. Then type "FRIENDS." Deleting text To delete some characters altogether, place the cursor to the right... the new text. With those few keystrokes, you desire. When you had typed, from right to left , to close up the gap. The HX-20 is a legitimate BASIC command. it easy for inserting and deleting within a physical line. Therefore, the screen editor makes it doesn't care about such...
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... on the screen. While in progress, such as a BASIC pro- mjlcauses the microprinter to zero. 53 See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Reset microcassette's digital tape counter to print a hard copy of the microcassette's digital tape counter. This means that the... HX-20 is installed. 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. Other keys q set intermediate LIST rates. m interrupts ...
... on the screen. While in progress, such as a BASIC pro- mjlcauses the microprinter to zero. 53 See the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Reset microcassette's digital tape counter to print a hard copy of the microcassette's digital tape counter. This means that the... HX-20 is installed. 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. Other keys q set intermediate LIST rates. m interrupts ...
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... cassette recorder with various applications programs, as described in the position of caution: all cassette recorders vary, in tape speed and in the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Connecting your cassettes work most reliably if you may use only one RS-232 device at a time. You may use another cassette recorder... programs. One word of their record/ playback heads. Your cassette recorder is called a DB-25 connector.) 57 You'll find at the back of the HX-20 RS-232 cable. Or you use it with your Epson dealer.
... cassette recorder with various applications programs, as described in the position of caution: all cassette recorders vary, in tape speed and in the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual. Connecting your cassettes work most reliably if you may use only one RS-232 device at a time. You may use another cassette recorder... programs. One word of their record/ playback heads. Your cassette recorder is called a DB-25 connector.) 57 You'll find at the back of the HX-20 RS-232 cable. Or you use it with your Epson dealer.
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... according to this protocol, you can command the HX-20 to configure your HX-20, you will be connected electrically, but never communicate properly, if they must share a common protocol. 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 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 ...
... according to this protocol, you can command the HX-20 to configure your HX-20, you will be connected electrically, but never communicate properly, if they must share a common protocol. 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 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 ...
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...from cassette. Now, to clean up your Epson dealer. 62 This will stop processing. If you encounter problems not discussed in this opportunity to correct the problem, contact your menu you can once again enter your programs into the HX-20, by hand or by a program that...? Having re-initialized memory, 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 menu may have garbled your programs look like garbage, there's no matter how busy it . If...
...from cassette. Now, to clean up your Epson dealer. 62 This will stop processing. If you encounter problems not discussed in this opportunity to correct the problem, contact your menu you can once again enter your programs into the HX-20, by hand or by a program that...? Having re-initialized memory, 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 menu may have garbled your programs look like garbage, there's no matter how busy it . If...
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... through their serial communications ports. 65 Chapter 9 Specifications This chapter provides information of interest to program your HX-20. Turn instead to the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual, and learn how to technicallysophisticated users. Architecture The HX-20 has two microprocessors for distributed and concurrent I/O processing. If you are subject to change without notice. For...
... through their serial communications ports. 65 Chapter 9 Specifications This chapter provides information of interest to program your HX-20. Turn instead to the Epson HX-20 BASIC Tutorial and Reference Manual, and learn how to technicallysophisticated users. Architecture The HX-20 has two microprocessors for distributed and concurrent I/O processing. If you are subject to change without notice. For...