Date   : Sat, 21 Mar 1987 18:36:00 MST
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: ANYCODE2.LBR for WordStar now available from SIMTEL20

Now available from SIMTEL20...

Filename                       Type     Bytes   CRC

Directory PD:<CPM.WSTAR>
ANYCODE2.LBR.1                 BINARY   10368  7AA3H

Despite its relative age, WordStar remains a popular word processing
tool, and it is still one of the most powerful word processors
available.  You can install WordStar to use virtually all of the
features of modern daisywheel printers to produce professional printed
documents of exceptional quality.  You can also install WordStar to
take advantage of many of the features of a sophisticated dot matrix
printer.  But there just aren't enough WordStar codes available to let
you use everything a dot matrix printer can do.

It would be convenient if you could simply enter the control
characters you want into the file the same way you enter codes that
WordStar knows about, but it isn't that simple.  WordStar filters your
document as it prints it, and any nonprintable characters that
WordStar doesn't recognize are rejected.

The original ANYCODE was written for the Osborne by Doug Hurst, to
circumvent this limitation.  Its function is to unlock all of the
features of a dot-matrix printer by providing a way to fool WordStar
into transmitting those control characters.  Doug's program is a patch
that is inserted logically between WordStar and the CP/M PRIMARY list
device - if you're not using the primary list device, this patch isn't
guaranteed to work.  The version under discussion here, written by
Dick Binder and named ANYCODE2, fixes a couple of limitations in the
original ANYCODE.

What ANYCODE2 does is to examine the printed stream, looking for
either of two characters that are set aside for it to use as lead-in
characters.  A "lead-in" character signifies that a special character
sequence follows, telling ANYCODE2 to begin processing.  Detection of
one of these characters will cause ANYCODE2 to transmit a control
character to the printer.  The control character is constructed from
the next two characters in the file.

ANYCODE2 is in 8080 code and can be assembled and installed into WS
using DDT under CP/M.  It goes into a special patch area provided and
does not increase the size of the WS.COM file.

Cheers,
Dick Binder   (The Stainless Steel Rat)

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