In this format n is the appropriate number from the list of international character sets. In other words, the BASIC command to select the French character set is:

LPRINT CHR$(27)"R"CHR$(1)

Another method of selecting most of the international character sets is to reset a DIP switch. If you plan to use one of the first eight international sets quite a bit, see Appendix A for instructions on using the DIP switches.

Once you have selected a character set, whether you do it with the ESCape code or the DIP switches, you will be able to print several new characters. The character sets are shown in Tables 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4.

The number at the top of each column in the tables is the ASCII code that prints the characters in that column.

Table 5-2.International characters in draft mode

USA

FRANCE

GERMANY

UK

DENMARK I

SWEDEN

ITALY

SPAIN

JAPAN

NORWAY

DENMARK II

SPAIN II

LATIN AMERICA

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