fNEW2E80 DVR$yPCPIBGIIDOC|PCPISCRDDRV& D12/28/86 by Steven Hirsch Files: NEW2E80.DVR PCPISCRD.DRV Purpose: This library contains files and information necessary to implement the 'advanced' features of BGii on the PCPI AppliCard CP/M system. Bridger Mitchell's BackGrounder ii is a minor miracle! Hopefully many folks have already tried the demo version (available on fine BBS systems everywhere), and maybe even purchased the full-blown version. Like many others, I was dismayed to find that the only screen drivers supplied were for Heath terminals and certain Kaypro machines. After a weekend of headbanging, I have generated a new version of the PCPI FAST2E80.DVR file. This updated driver supports the 'report cursor position', and the 'transmit screen' function. For lack of imagination, I used the Heath/Zenith conventions: ESC, 'n' ===> Report cursor position. A string is sent (via console input) which consists of : ESC, '=', Y+32, X+32 ESC, '#' ===> Transmit screen. The entire screen (1920 chars) is sent via conin. A is appended at the end. Inverse characters have their hi-bit set. Unfortunately, the source code for the driver is proprietary, and though it is floating around on BBS's, I will not assist in it's propogation. It was also necessary to hack up Bridger's H19SCRDV file, to produce PCPISCRD.DRV. Again, the source is copyrighted. I will forward my modified source to Plu-Perfect, and they will likely include it in future accessory disk releases. A minor patch to the PCPI Z80 bios is necessary, in order to permit the return of 8-bit data from the screen. Just do this: ddt PCPICPM (blah, blah) -s1A36 E6 00 7F 00 xx . -g0 A>save 54 NEWCPM (or whatever..) Now, generate a boot disk using NEW2E80.DVR instead of FAST2E80.DVR (yes, Martha, you must have a IIe!!), and give INSTALL the name of your patched system file. Test this disk to make sure that it is OK, and see if programs using direct cursor addressing (WordStar, etc.) perform correctly. If all goes well, install the PCPISCRD.DRV file into LOADBG.COM using the SETBG.COM utility. The directions are fairly clear on this. Fire up BGii and enjoy cut, paste, flip, swap, and all of the other marvelous tricks! You will note a spurious cursor appearing in the upper left of the screen on every other 'suspend' operation. This is being worked on as you are reading this, and should be solved in a future release. It is **not** in the file, and does not appear on screen dumps! Please leave messages for me on Lilliput (#2), Z-CENTRAL, and/or Downspout if any problems are encountered.qSbFAST IIe 80 CLM Pdȱegȱh)J )B(A.,*+1<  `<==N<`f><?*@+`+ *J x U(TH+*O > h )  @`  @ `Lf=- ,,-8 (8(Lh*L-. / L.ʊ /0 Ll/ : ,')1)-+ *J x U-(T  `  =TY)(jk^q;+*:ERn#EKOShuy*` ` `* ++(*`+)+` `*+` y `.`,`*+L,L1`)8++ r`)8++ `+i Q*i R<=`*?+@*+><`)8+5+6* ,566 ,5`7  (87J8i97J;i::8x UT(;9` AB`+ *J x U&I(T`**(!*++))++) ``22 3m24(g 3A8؍JYBKZC8؍GVDHWx ,UعT(ع332Й4 ,``224m2 3(g 3A8؍B?8؍@x ,UعT(ع332Й4 ,` &,+Lc`<8`Lc ` `P`j ii ij``LL] NEW2E80.ERLNEW2E80 ERL] <I%#kP(TQ]ZAWX@ X;H+:LɏZ 8 @ ID HH  @ I$I H$TUUUUU""D $"$"IHBD$!!A!B@$HIB AHIH$$I "$HB$!H $   B|PCPI Appli-Card 26 Dec 86BB@äB;@BfAÎ@X@6@A!C*~H0P}_P gx o @GͣC]͔C @ ( O{PA$|0ۯɯ2C[C*C|E>> > > >RzC >2C :C>2C(B B B LB(6B BBLB ( _X((G!C~6(A2C7vC>ͣC"C"C"CpC>2vB2:BuBÔCͣC"CvC7 >O:CyA> A:C!C>NA4!C4n:Cg>wB$!vB"> A:C!C>84!C4f:CouB!:B4*CÔC>| P8=(͔C̈́CHGNA#ɯͬB~# B z0{P8̈́CH{PzɯͳC"C>#zC!H@ w#>*zCC!C @vC!C6 ++ @!H>2CP:C7 WCA#!C @:C=(!C4++ @vC~(kCQtCQ>)ˑ>(>AADM!P ̈́C>@"C!C @ͳC|e o| g"~H>nzC@@@o@g = = *JOT: = exit, ^V = ins line, ^Y = del line ^E - up, ^X - down, ^S - left, ^D - right [07]Code overflows buffer!