Epson FX Higher resolution, 130 LPRINT CHR$(27)"*"CHR$(1)CHR$(N)CHR$(0);, 210 IF F>8 AND F<14 THEN F=F-5, 70 LPRINT CHR$(27)"3"CHR$(20)CHR$(7);

below picks off any potential problem codes and changes them to less dangerous numbers.

210 IF F>8 AND F<14 THEN F=F-5

This line takes any number between 8 and 14 and subtracts 5 from it, putting it out of the trouble range. Adjust this test to fit your system.

You may see another problem with the figure. The standard 7-dot line spacing may be off just enough to add a slight gap every seven rows. An easy fix for this is to adjust the line spacing as needed with the CHR$(27)“3" command. This gives you the ability to make adjustments as fine as one-third of a dot. For example, in this program you can set a 6-2/3-dot line spacing by changing line 70 to:

70 LPRINT CHR$(27)"3"CHR$(20)CHR$(7);

Higher resolution

If everything did go according to plan, your printed figure resembles a circle of radius 10 dots, but the resolution isn’t all that you might hope for. For one thing, the individual dots are clearly visible. To make a more continuous figure, you need a graphics mode of higher density. To get it, change line 130 to:

130 LPRINT CHR$(27)"*"CHR$(1)CHR$(N)CHR$(0);

This does give a more satisfactory density, but now the program distorts the circle. Mathematically inclined folks can adjust for this distortion by creating an ellipse in the array (the horizontal compression creates a circle). If you pursue this course, keep in mind that the FX has several graphics densities available.

With figures this small, it is difficult to obtain a smooth curve. The solution is to draw larger circles.

Unfortunately, larger arrays gobble up memory. For example, an array wide enough to stretch clear across an g-inch page in Single- Density would contain over 200,000 cells (480 x 480). Considering that each cell takes up at least two bytes, there is not much hope of tucking the entire array into memory all at once.

So how can you squeeze more print out of your arrays? For non- symmetric designs, you are pretty well stuck with the memory limitation of two bytes per cell unless you are willing to resort to more

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