Lloyd, A CHR$(10) should send a LF.
ESC Code Sequences Auto LF on: CHR$(27)+CHR$(53)+CHR$(49) Auto LF off: CHR$(27)+CHR$(53)+CHR$(48) Good luck, GregS <>< Aug 18, 2021 1:33:49 PM Lloyd Johnson <[email protected]>: > I currently have two TRS-80 Model 100s. One of them with an annoying screen > defect and the other with a dead RS-232 port. These were both eBay > acquisitions. > > I also have a NEC that I've had since the early 80s. It seems to be working > fine. > > One thing I found useful back in the 80s was to use my NEC to print labels on > a dot matrix printer with a tractor feed. I've never come up with a useful > way to print labels with an inkjet since you are usually committed to > printing an entire page of labels. After making a couple more eBay > acquisitions I obtained an Okidata Microline 320 and a cable to mate it to > the NEC/TRS-80 Model 100. > > The NEC works just fine for this printer. I even got some tractor feed > paper from Amazon and printed out some ASCII art images. Everything was > cool. I wrote a calendar program (calling it YACalP.ba - for Yet Another > Calendar Program). I will be putting this program on github after I > document it a bit more. > > When I connect either TRS-80 Model 100, to the printer, it prints but does > not do linefeeds. The carriage return function works but no line feed. > > I even tried doing a LPRINT CHR$(10) and no line feed. > > Anyone have any idea why the TRS-80 won't do the line feeds? Seems strange > that they both are behaving the same way yet the NEC works fine. There is a > lot of further investigation I can do, but I'm hoping someone might have an > easy answer. > > Thanks > Lloyd
