User:Chrissy/projects/dot matrix printing

some dot matrix experiments during special issue 26 class & afterwards (with lots of desperation)

We were working with the Star-SG-10, me already the second time & I couldn't get the DIP switches in the STAR & IBM Mode to work. At least we were able to set the DIP switches to the "International" character sets. In the first place I tried hard to get ASCII to print, but somehow neither the STAR nor IBM Mode let me…

Later one in the group we manages to print different font sizes ^high and _low text as well. & even single ASCII characters!1!! But still no ASCII Images.

not working (maybe it's a me problem idk)

images

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  "success"

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  at least

note

I think we don't get friends unfortunately, but that's okay. </3

python script

import os

textfile = open("output2.txt", "w")



# for num in range (0,256):
   
character = chr(178) + chr(182) + chr(219)
    # character = chr(num)
print (character, end="", flush=True)

    textfile.write(character)
    
textfile.close()
os.system("lpr output.txt -o raw")

#   print (character, end="", flush=True)

## terminal seeing ascii table: ascii -d
# character = chr(59) + chr(89)
# print(character)
## run: python3 matrix.py

# terminal seeing ascii table: ascii -d
character = chr(178) + chr(182)
print(character)
# run: python3 matrix.py

to see the thing: cat text_art_1.txt

started to translate this ASCII Image into code, but even the start didn't work :(

        _   / /|
       |\\  \/_/
       \_\| / __              
          \/_/__\           .-=='/~\
   ____,__/__,_____,______)/   /{~}}}
   -,------,----,-----,---,\'-' {{~}}
                            '-==.\}/

ascii = chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(95) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(47) + chr(32) + chr(47) + chr(179) + chr(CR) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(32) + chr(179)