25 Jun
2002
25 Jun
'02
6:35 a.m.
When I was in college, I had a Z80 CP/M machine connected to a Diablo
Hitype II daisywheel printer. I was facinated with perspective and
hidden line removal, so I wrote a program to microstep the printer
and draw individual pixels using the period. It took several hours
to print a single 8.5x11 drawing, and on the second run, the printer
died, never to live again... I didn't have a cover for the printer
either, so everyone in the dorm knew when I was printing a report...
clint
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Messick, Gary wrote:
The reason I asked was, as a kid, I drooled over the
ability to do pixel
graphics on a CP/M machine. I wonder if this would be a cheap way to pick
on up? Probably 0 documentation on it. Maybe I'll email him....
Gary