In in this archive are the following files: 13173 DIAB630.PRG 3007 READ.ME 4612 SDUMP.PRG 9535 SETUP630.ACC 41448 SETUP630.PRG 8420 SETUP630.RSC 48399 SLM.SYS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This version (1.4) of the Diablo Emulator for the Atari SLM line of laser printers is compatible with the Atari TT and ST lines of personal computers. Enhancements 1. Fonts may be loaded from any directory rather than from only the root of the boot device. SETUP630.PRG now has a provision for specifying the directory path from which all fonts are to be loaded. 2. The desk accessory for version 1.4 has more extensive search capabilities and will find the emulator regardless of other terminate and stay resident programs installed. For those technically interested, the cookie jar is used to facilitate this feature. 3. Version 1.4 has a provision for increasing (or decreasing) the size of the page buffer and in determining the maximum buffer usage after N pages have been printed. The page buffer must contain all text and graphics linkages for one page before being printed. This sizing is done to DIAB630.PRG by the SETUP630.PRG program and becomes effective when the DIAB630.PRG so created is run. Once the emulator is installed in system memory however, the text buffer cannot be re-sized. When an overflow occurs, the full buffer partial pages are printed, and an estimate of the buffer size requirements is reported in the SETUP630.PRG under the buffer adjust menu item. This estimate may be used as a guideline to re-size the page buffer for a new incarnation of DIAB630.PRG. The system must be re-booted to remove the old DIAB630.PRG before the new one is run. 4. The desk accessory now has two buttons marked "enable" and "disable" with the current state selected. When disabled, all printer output goes to the parallel port as if the emulator was not installed. Serial printers are not affected by this case. 5. Applications which used fonts which filled the line to the physical maximum (all 80 columns with text of TYPE10LS.FNT) will now fill a line exactly up to the right margin. In the above case, the document would look double-spaced when single-spacing was desired. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest version of the screen dump utility is SDUMP.PRG. New features include inverse printing capability by pressing ALT-SHIFT-HELP and the ability to do screen dumps of all resolutions of ST, STe and TT. SDUMP.PRG also checks the status of the printer so that there are no unanticipated hangs if the SLM is off line. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLM.SYS is the latest GDOS driver for the SLM and has extensions for developers to take advantage of.