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    From Nathanael@cjeculver@gmail.com to comp.os.cpm on Sun Feb 11 05:38:05 2024
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    I've got a copy of Personal Ancestral File 2.0 for CP/M which came from a bundle of old Amstrad PCW software. I'm looking for information on PCW screen control codes.
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  • From jacobn@jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Jacob Nevins) to comp.os.cpm on Sun Feb 11 14:44:57 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.cpm

    Nathanael <cjeculver@gmail.com> writes:
    I've got a copy of Personal Ancestral File 2.0 for CP/M which came from
    a bundle of old Amstrad PCW software. I'm looking for information on PCW >screen control codes.

    PCW CP/M more or less emulates a VT52 (a notable difference being that
    it can display up to 32x90 characters).
    The terminal control sequences were documented in the appendix
    "Terminal characteristics" of the manual; see e.g. <https://archive.org/details/pcw-8256-8512-user-manual-engacme/page/n322/mode/1up>
    (which describes it as having "facilities very similar to those of a
    Zenith Z19/Z29 monitor").
    Control sequences didn't depend on the exact PCW model.
    There were a couple of rather obscure escape sequences added in later
    versions of PCW CP/M; see "A rough outline of development" at <https://www.seasip.info/Cpm/xbiosint.html> if you want to be sure to
    avoid those.
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