Unit installation

Table 2-1. SelecType modes

Mode

Function

NLQ

ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz

Emphasized

ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz

Double-strike

ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz

Compressed

ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz

After you press ON LINE the required number of times, you press

FF to set your selection. Then you press LF to turn off SelecType and

return the panel to its standard operation. After returning the control

panel to its standard operation, press ON LINE so that the printer will

be ready to print.

SelecType practice

For practice in using SelecType, try setting emphasized. First turn

the printer off and back on with the switch on the right side of the

printer.

Now press ON LINE

and FF at the same time. The HomeWriter-

beeps to tell you that SelecType is on, the READY light turns off, and

the ON LINE light begins blinking. Then press ON LINE two times to

select emphasized. (The printer beeps each time you press ON LINE

while SelecType is on.) Finally, press FF once to set the function.

Emphasized mode is now set. Press LF once to turn SelecType off.

Now your panel returns to its normal operation, but your printer is in

the emphasized mode. Since this is only an exercise, turn the

HomeWriter- off and back on again to cancel all settings and pre-

pare for the next exercise.

SelecType exercise

You will probably use SelecType mainly with commercial software

(although you can also use it with BASIC or other programming lan-

guages). Since we don’t know what software you’ll use, our sample

exercises are in BASIC because every Commodore computer has

BASIC built in.