Scorpio News |
October–December 1987 – Volume 1. Issue 4. |
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This article details the changes necessary to support the keyboard cursor keys for WordStar version 3.30. All other functions i.e. clear to end of line/screen can be patched through the instal program (called Winstall). See article in 80-BUS NEWS Vol. 2 issue 3 page 11 for Installation of WordStar V2.2 on IVC by Richard Beal.
New addresses are necessary for Ver. 3.30 as the patch area has been changed. Below are detailed the changes for support of the cursor keys and also a few other locations that users may find useful to patch. Patching can be done either with DDT/ZDT etc. or better via the patcher in Winstall (accessed via a “+” at the main install menu).
| Address (label) | New Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 04A3 | 43 68 | Backspace delete char not just cursor left. |
| 0545 | 7F | Disable Control-Delete (1F). |
| 0655 | 1C 00 DA 63 | Cursor left. |
| 0659 | 1D 00 D0 63 | Cursor right. |
| 065D | 1F 00 9A 64 | Cursor down. |
| 0661 | 1E 00 B4 64 | Cursor up. |
For dot matrix printers:
| 069A | (BLDSTR) | – | number passes for bold strike (normally 3) |
| 069B | (DBLSTR) | – | number passes for double strike (normally 2) |
| 03E3 | (OVPCHR) | – | overprint character (normally “−”) |
| 0710 | (ULCHR) | – | underline character used on printer (normally “_”) |
Useful addresses:
| 03DF | (EOFCHR) | – | End of file character used on screen (normally “.”) |
| 03E1 | (HARDCR) | – | Hard carriage return character used on screen (normally “<”) |
| 03E4 | (PAGCHR) | – | Page break character displayed on screen (normally “P”) |
| 03E8 | (PAGFIL) | – | Page break line character displayed on screen (normally “−”) |
| 07BA | (PSTAB) | – | Proportional/micro-justification character spacing look-up table |
| 03E7 | (SOFHYC) | – | Soft hyphen character displayed on screen (normally inverse “−”) |
| 03E5 | (SOFTCR) | – | Soft carriage return displayed on screen (normally “ ”) |
| 02BA | (SCRLSZ) | – | Scroll size of screen (normally 14h = 20 lines) |
| 03DE | (CONCHR) | – | Continued line on screen display character (normally “+”) |
| 03E0 | (FDTCHR) | – | Character used to flag Mailmerge dot commands (normally “M”) |
| 03E2 | (LFCHR) | – | Character used to flag line feed only in text (normally “J”) |
For people with an EV Real Time Cock and Gemini IVC card the following bytes in the Terminal Startup and Exit routines automatically deselect clock, unlock top line, clear screen and clear screen, select clock, fine feed, lock top line of display respectively.
| Terminal Startup | – | 1B 73 43 1B 4F 1A |
| Terminal Exit | – | 1A 1B 73 43 0A 1B 4D |
I found this very useful as the clock display if selected under WordStar does get in the way.
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