EP-INFO.TXT - edited by Keith Petersen, W8SDZ, June 18, 1988. EP (Epson print) is a runoff printer formatter for CP/M which formats and prints texts using proportionally spaced fonts of characters on an Epson MX-80, FX-80, and probably on other Epson-compatible printers. Executables, documents, fonts, a font editor, and BDS-C source code are included with this distribution which was supplied by the author to Keith Petersen, W8SDZ, who repackaged the distribution into ARK files, cataloged them and wrote this information file. EP and all parts of this distribution are in the public domain. The files may be freely distributed to all, except CompuServe which (because of their compilation copyright policy) must obtain the author's written permission. EP's formatting is controlled by commands which are placed in the text. Many fonts are supplied (around 50), and you can design your own. The characters of a single font can be modified by being italicized, underlined, emphasized, enlarged, compressed, etc. There are limited facilities for horizontal and vertical rules, macro commands, embedded graphics, and for multiple-column printing. Here is what you need to use EP: (1) CPM 2.2 and an 8080, 8085, or Z80 processor, (2) 48k of RAM (but the more the better), (3) an Epson FX- or MX- series printer, (4) a printer interface which transmits 8th bits, and (5) which is accessed through the BIOS List vector, (6) the program itself, EP.COM, (7) the configuration file EP.INI, which must be on the disk in the default drive, (8) probably several font files, with extension .FN2, (9) preferably the program EPERROR.COM. A large number of font files are supplied with EP, which all have the extension .FN2. With these comes a screen-oriented editing program ECHED.COM for modifying these fonts or creating new ones. There is a provision for converting back and forth from EP's font files and those used by FancyFont, in case you have the latter. ECHED can be used with most any terminal that has cursor addressing. The files in this distribution are: EP-COMS .ARK - Executables EP-DOCS .ARK - Documentation EP-ECHED.ARK - Font editor EP-FONTS.ARK - The fonts EP-INFO .ARK - Contains the information file you are now reading EP-MISC .ARK - Misc. files needed for compiling with BDS-C EP-SRC .ARK - The complete source code, written in BDS-C L2-225 .ARK - An improved L2 linker (ver. 2.25) for use with BDS-C Here are the directories of these ARK files (except the one your are reading): Archive: EP-COMS.ARK Name Length Stowage SF Size now Date Time CRC ============ ======== ======== ==== ======== ========= ====== ==== EP.COM 18432 Crunched 10% 16425 21 May 88 06:47 7EC9 EP.DOC 5632 Crunched 45% 3093 21 May 88 06:47 9C79 EP.INI 2688 Crunched 78% 582 21 May 88 06:47 82A6 EPERROR.COM 10496 Crunched 30% 7301 21 May 88 06:47 D8E6 FORM1 768 Crunched 57% 324 21 May 88 06:47 46FB README.EP 1152 Crunched 31% 791 21 May 88 06:47 47DF *total 6 39168 27% 28516 Archive: EP-DOCS.ARK Name Length Stowage SF Size now Date Time CRC ============ ======== ======== ==== ======== ========= ====== ==== BUGS.DOC 2176 Crunched 39% 1309 21 May 88 06:42 D1A3 ECHED.DOC 12544 Crunched 51% 6129 21 May 88 06:42 C292 EPCMDS.DOC 7296 Crunched 52% 3456 21 May 88 06:42 5A54 EPDEMO.DOC 16896 Crunched 50% 8429 21 May 88 06:42 F804 EPERROR.DOC 4992 Crunched 41% 2931 21 May 88 06:42 19BF EPREF.DOC 75392 Crunched 51% 36606 21 May 88 06:42 A5D5 EPTITLE 1152 Crunched 40% 682 21 May 88 06:42 96D8 EPUSE.DOC 19584 Crunched 47% 10342 21 May 88 06:42 46B1 FCHART 896 Crunched 47% 473 21 May 88 06:42 476A FONTS.DOC 3200 Crunched 45% 1731 21 May 88 06:42 1ADA FSAMPLES 6272 Crunched 63% 2266 21 May 88 06:43 6A2D KERN 128 Crunched 55% 58 21 May 88 06:43 8B0C PCHART 896 Crunched 45% 488 21 May 88 06:43 2EFA SCHART 6272 Crunched 71% 1783 21 May 88 06:43 265D SSAMPLE 768 Crunched 31% 529 21 May 88 06:43 3025 *total 15 158464 51% 77212 Archive: EP-ECHED.ARK Name Length Stowage SF Size now Date Time CRC ============ ======== ======== ==== ======== ========= ====== ==== BUGS 256 Crunched 31% 177 21 May 88 07:13 1DF3 ECHED.C 29440 Crunched 50% 14552 21 May 88 07:13 56AB ECHED.COM 20352 Crunched 34% 13291 21 May 88 07:13 F8F6 ECHED.INI 768 Crunched 25% 569 21 May 88 07:13 A65A MANIFEST 384 Crunched 53% 178 21 May 88 07:12 4750 *total 5 51200 43% 28767 Archive: EP-FONTS.ARK Name Length Stowage SF Size now Date Time CRC ============ ======== ======== ==== ======== ========= ====== ==== ARISTON.FN2 5888 Crunched 42% 3371 21 May 88 06:52 336C BARNUM.FN2 4864 Crunched 50% 2406 21 May 88 06:52 4EB5 BODOBOLD.FN2 4864 Crunched 49% 2436 21 May 88 06:52 CE81 BRISTLE.FN2 14592 Crunched 44% 8082 21 May 88 06:52 0BD3 CLOIBLAC.FN2 4096 Crunched 34% 2681 21 May 88 06:52 B5D2 CORVSKYL.FN2 4224 Crunched 43% 2370 21 May 88 06:52 3756 CRAWMODE.FN2 5760 Crunched 52% 2745 21 May 88 06:52 6F7D CRAWMOTI.FN2 6144 Crunched 48% 3135 21 May 88 06:52 E1AB CYRILLIC.FN2 4736 Crunched 53% 2219 21 May 88 06:52 F7DE DIACRITI.FN2 768 Crunched 64% 271 21 May 88 06:52 D1D8 EUROSTIL.FN2 4992 Crunched 60% 1994 21 May 88 06:52 C7D4 FRAKTUR.FN2 3200 Crunched 27% 2313 21 May 88 06:52 E3AC FUNNY.FN2 3456 Crunched 44% 1902 21 May 88 06:52 961B FUTURA.FN2 4608 Crunched 56% 2014 21 May 88 06:52 D524 GREEK.FN2 3072 Crunched 45% 1662 21 May 88 06:52 2CB6 HELVETIC.FN2 5376 Crunched 55% 2367 21 May 88 06:52 5D5A LEGEND.FN2 4864 Crunched 50% 2384 21 May 88 06:53 437D LOMBARDI.FN2 2944 Crunched 37% 1833 21 May 88 06:53 5DB9 LOMBCAME.FN2 7552 Crunched 44% 4220 21 May 88 06:52 41C6 LOMBCAPI.FN2 7424 Crunched 34% 4862 21 May 88 06:52 D911 LYDIAN.FN2 4864 Crunched 50% 2405 21 May 88 06:53 F292 LYDICURS.FN2 4480 Crunched 46% 2417 21 May 88 06:53 231C LYDIITAL.FN2 4608 Crunched 48% 2352 21 May 88 06:53 B83A LYDIITTI.FN2 5248 Crunched 46% 2825 21 May 88 06:52 2AD8 LYDITITL.FN2 5248 Crunched 46% 2829 21 May 88 06:53 6B46 MELIOR.FN2 4608 Crunched 49% 2307 21 May 88 06:53 7B13 MEMPHIS.FN2 4480 Crunched 52% 2150 21 May 88 06:53 CBCD MODEBOLD.FN2 5376 Crunched 52% 2573 21 May 88 06:53 258F MODEBOTI.FN2 6016 Crunched 50% 2955 21 May 88 06:53 F2EE MODEOPEN.FN2 5760 Crunched 50% 2831 21 May 88 06:53 DB16 MODERN.FN2 5120 Crunched 52% 2453 21 May 88 06:53 DE3C MODETOOL.FN2 6016 Crunched 47% 3179 21 May 88 06:53 7CA8 NULLFONT.FN2 640 Packed 59% 262 21 May 88 06:54 BD6B OLDENGLI.FN2 3712 Crunched 30% 2594 21 May 88 06:54 D8D6 OLDENGOS.FN2 12160 Crunched 38% 7491 21 May 88 06:54 0F8F OLDSTYLE.FN2 4992 Crunched 52% 2396 21 May 88 06:54 6451 OLDTRILO.FN2 3072 Crunched 49% 1567 21 May 88 06:54 699C OLDTRIUP.FN2 5632 Crunched 45% 3042 21 May 88 06:54 D0A1 PENPRINT.FN2 2432 Crunched 49% 1229 21 May 88 06:54 259B PHON9HIG.FN2 6400 Crunched 60% 2522 21 May 88 06:54 95DA PHON9LOW.FN2 5120 Crunched 65% 1756 21 May 88 06:54 662B PHONETIC.FN2 5120 Crunched 51% 2465 21 May 88 06:54 6F76 RADIBOLD.FN2 4736 Crunched 50% 2337 21 May 88 06:54 4AB0 SCRILOWE.FN2 3968 Crunched 58% 1636 21 May 88 06:54 1E0F SCRIPT.FN2 5120 Crunched 39% 3083 21 May 88 06:54 5F13 SCRITILO.FN2 5248 Crunched 59% 2106 21 May 88 06:54 5356 SCRITITL.FN2 13696 Crunched 51% 6671 21 May 88 06:54 A238 SCRIUPPE.FN2 8704 Crunched 53% 4050 21 May 88 06:54 A666 SHADED.FN2 9984 Crunched 42% 5718 21 May 88 06:54 6A88 SIMPLEX.FN2 4224 Crunched 46% 2274 21 May 88 06:54 700D SIMPSMCA.FN2 1408 Crunched 55% 624 21 May 88 06:54 326F STUDIO.FN2 5376 Crunched 50% 2685 21 May 88 06:54 289B STUDTITL.FN2 5760 Crunched 46% 3066 21 May 88 06:54 05A3 STYMIE.FN2 5120 Crunched 47% 2684 21 May 88 06:54 4773 THORSHAD.FN2 7424 Crunched 52% 3543 21 May 88 06:55 7938 TRIP10HI.FN2 7424 Crunched 58% 3092 21 May 88 06:55 11FB TRIP10LO.FN2 3072 Crunched 62% 1152 21 May 88 06:55 AFF5 TRIPITAL.FN2 3840 Crunched 40% 2274 21 May 88 06:55 2A49 TRIPLEX.FN2 4736 Crunched 41% 2768 21 May 88 06:55 4C92 TRIPLOWE.FN2 10496 Crunched 57% 4424 21 May 88 06:55 F76D TRIPOPTI.FN2 7296 Crunched 61% 2810 21 May 88 06:55 FDC2 TRIPSMCA.FN2 1536 Crunched 50% 758 21 May 88 06:55 0691 TRIPTITL.FN2 7296 Crunched 58% 3020 21 May 88 06:55 75A1 TRIPUPPE.FN2 6016 Crunched 62% 2237 21 May 88 06:55 78F7 VENUBOLD.FN2 4736 Crunched 49% 2411 21 May 88 06:55 D8C5 VENUBOTI.FN2 5504 Crunched 47% 2865 21 May 88 06:55 9BE7 VENUMEDI.FN2 4864 Crunched 48% 2496 21 May 88 06:55 9E07 VENUMINI.FN2 4096 Crunched 56% 1789 21 May 88 06:55 20E0 VENUOPEN.FN2 2176 Crunched 44% 1198 21 May 88 06:55 50DA VENUS.FN2 4736 Crunched 57% 2027 21 May 88 06:55 619D VENUTITL.FN2 5248 Crunched 56% 2271 21 May 88 06:55 4C09 WEDDLOWE.FN2 4864 Crunched 58% 2017 21 May 88 06:55 EC12 WEDDTITL.FN2 6784 Crunched 46% 3612 21 May 88 06:55 BE1A WEDDUPPE.FN2 11136 Crunched 50% 5474 21 May 88 06:55 FE26 ZODIAC.FN2 1920 Crunched 42% 1114 21 May 88 06:55 F899 *total 75 403072 49% 202153 Archive: EP-MISC.ARK Name Length Stowage SF Size now Date Time CRC ============ ======== ======== ==== ======== ========= ====== ==== BDSCIO.H 2560 Crunched 36% 1624 21 May 88 07:10 411E EP.DCL 2944 Crunched 41% 1710 21 May 88 07:10 E22C EP.DEF 4864 Crunched 49% 2436 21 May 88 07:10 12C5 EPERROR.C 8320 Crunched 50% 4104 21 May 88 07:10 AD38 EPINIT.C 13824 Crunched 61% 5382 21 May 88 07:10 E3FC FMERGE.C 5632 Crunched 47% 2949 21 May 88 07:10 B05F MANIFEST 512 Crunched 48% 265 21 May 88 07:10 2DF4 *total 7 38656 52% 18470 Archive: EP-SRC.ARK Name Length Stowage SF Size now Date Time CRC ============ ======== ======== ==== ======== ========= ====== ==== BDS.LIB 3072 Crunched 54% 1393 21 May 88 06:33 A2B3 BDSYM.EQU 3072 Crunched 54% 1391 21 May 88 06:33 89E2 C.CCC 1152 Crunched 10% 1031 21 May 88 06:33 7189 CSEQ.MAC 48000 Crunched 50% 23844 21 May 88 06:36 4A6D DRAW.MAC 3840 Crunched 46% 2062 21 May 88 06:33 E856 EP.MAC 4224 Crunched 44% 2343 21 May 88 06:33 24C1 EPDATA.MAC 8192 Crunched 43% 4604 21 May 88 06:33 691A EPEXEC.MAC 1792 Crunched 38% 1101 21 May 88 06:33 C544 EPSINIT.MAC 9856 Crunched 51% 4791 21 May 88 06:33 90BF FGET.MAC 7680 Crunched 47% 4037 21 May 88 06:33 420B GCHR.MAC 26368 Crunched 49% 13379 21 May 88 06:35 2C5B GOTOCOL.MAC 6528 Crunched 52% 3087 21 May 88 06:33 457F GSTR.MAC 19328 Crunched 51% 9332 21 May 88 06:34 77C9 MAKEEP.DOC 1152 Crunched 41% 673 21 May 88 06:33 76B0 MAKEEP.SUB 384 Crunched 54% 177 21 May 88 06:33 B1CE MANIFEST 1280 Crunched 61% 493 21 May 88 06:33 B292 MISC1.MAC 8064 Crunched 52% 3848 21 May 88 06:33 5A0D NDEFF.MAC 20224 Crunched 51% 9869 21 May 88 06:35 993B NEWOUTL.MAC 4480 Crunched 53% 2062 21 May 88 06:33 0520 PAPERUP.MAC 11776 Crunched 55% 5271 21 May 88 06:34 F437 PROCESS.MAC 9984 Crunched 50% 4979 21 May 88 06:34 901F PRTSBUF.MAC 17280 Crunched 52% 8248 21 May 88 06:34 0EEC RUN.MAC 25984 Crunched 46% 13832 21 May 88 06:35 CE95 SENDIT.MAC 15232 Crunched 54% 6894 21 May 88 06:35 6F7D STOWC.MAC 13696 Crunched 53% 6324 21 May 88 06:34 2B3A UNDERLI.MAC 4608 Crunched 49% 2346 21 May 88 06:33 BB77 WADJUST.MAC 1408 Crunched 47% 742 21 May 88 06:33 3F89 *total 27 278656 50% 138153 Archive: L2-225.ARK Name Length Stowage SF Size now Date Time CRC ============ ======== ======== ==== ======== ========= ====== ==== BDSCLIB.REL 14336 Squeezed 0% 14224 21 May 88 07:05 D02F CHARIO.MAC 11648 Crunched 60% 4656 21 May 88 07:05 BBAD LI.C 37376 Crunched 47% 19530 21 May 88 07:06 7621 LI.COM 18304 Crunched 30% 12739 21 May 88 07:06 4B8C LI.DOC 9088 Crunched 46% 4838 21 May 88 07:05 AFD6 MANIFEST 512 Crunched 62% 192 21 May 88 07:05 CF64 RDRL.MAC 2432 Crunched 38% 1495 21 May 88 07:05 4106 SPR.MAC 8576 Crunched 49% 4353 21 May 88 07:05 3B93 WILD.CCC 2560 Crunched 15% 2167 21 May 88 07:05 858E WILDCCC.DOC 2944 Crunched 43% 1655 21 May 88 07:05 03B6 *total 10 107776 38% 65849 ==END==