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Designlab: FB-1 (Frame Buffer) User Guide and Fine Print from Amiga: Multiple shade-of-gray printing on normal dot-matrix printers

Author
David Jones
Publisher
Designlab
Place
Owego, New York
Type
Operator Manual
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ETC2377

Abstract

Designlab: FB-1 (Frame Buffer) User Guide and Fine Print from Amiga: Multiple shade-of-gray printing on normal dot-matrix printers. Former manual contents follow: Introduction, Getting Started, Sync Controls, Black & White Input/ Output, The Frames, Expansion, Computer Interface, Amiga Interface Module (Introduction, Software, Caution, and Warning), FB-1 Minimum Configuration diagram, FB-1 Simple System diagram, FB-1 Example System diagram, and Design flaw help form. Latter manual (1988) contents follow: About the Author, Special Thanks, Introduction, Try it Out, The Gadgets, and The Menus (28 pages). Also includes New Features (added after the manual was printed) containing data on Single Strip/ All Strips and Multiple Printer Configuration Files.

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David Jones. Designlab: FB-1 (Frame Buffer) User Guide and Fine Print from Amiga: Multiple shade-of-gray printing on normal dot-matrix printers. Designlab. 1988.

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Designlab: FB-1 (Frame Buffer) User Guide and Fine Print from Amiga: Multiple shade-of-gray printing on normal dot-matrix printers. Former manual contents follow: Introduction, Getting Started, Sync Controls, Black & White Input/ Output, The Frames, Expansion, Computer Interface, Amiga Interface Module (Introduction, Software, Caution, and Warning), FB-1 Minimum Configuration diagram, FB-1 Simple System diagram, FB-1 Example System diagram, and Design flaw help form. Latter manual (1988) contents follow: About the Author, Special Thanks, Introduction, Try it Out, The Gadgets, and The Menus (28 pages). Also includes New Features (added after the manual was printed) containing data on Single Strip/ All Strips and Multiple Printer Configuration Files.

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