Gemini User’s Manual

You can also combine characters, using the backspace command: LPRINT CHR$(126); CHR$(8); CHR$(95)

produces: =, the symbol for “approximately equal to:’

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Printing Equations

Gemini provides three different types of “grouping” symbols for

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use in mathematical expressions:

 

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(

)

.

1

 

CHR$(40)

CHR$(41) CHR$(91)

CHR$(93)

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CHkS(l23) CHdS(125)

The character set of Greek symbols, often used in scientific and mathematical equations, include:

sigma

 

 

Pi

omega

 

c

 

 

 

n

t3

 

CHR$(l84)

CHR;(,85)

CHRi(l87)

CHR$(l82)

CHR$(183)

 

phi

 

theta

mu

beta

 

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0

 

8

 

P

 

 

CHR$(178) CHR$(l79)

CHRg(l97)

CHR$(217)

 

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Appendix H, at the back of this manual, lists all special

 

characters.

If you take a moment and look over the character set, -

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you’ll find the symbols for the parallel lines, functions, angstroms,

 

degrees

(in

C and F), and other characters that

serve special

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purposes

in scientific

notation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR PLOlllNG DATA

For those of you who would like to use Gemini to plot data and

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graphs, a nice set of plotting symbols are provided:

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0noDQo+o

CHR$(l68)

(169) (170) (171) (172) (173) (174) (175)

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Gemini Industries Printer user manual Printing Equations, Special Symbols for PLOlllNG Data