sophisticated software for the junior computer

5-36 — elektor may 1981 sophisticated software for the Junior Computer so_ntware for die Junior Computer two kilos of brain power, please! Now that we"ve added to the Junior"s hardware (see the relevant article elsewhere in this issue), we"II have to provide the accompanying software as well. For this Junior was sent to school where the machine assimilated two highly informative programs, "TAPE MANAGEMENT" and "PRINTER MONITOR". The first of these enables data be read and written on tape and the second allows the Junior Computer to be connected to the Elekterminal or to a printer. Tape Management deals with function keys on the standard Junior Computer keyboard and Printer Monitor activates such keys on either the terminal or the printer keyboard. This article is nothing more than a short preview of the in-depth software description to be published in Book 3. What is involved aren"t exactly "new" keys, but brand new functions that play a key role in the cassette interface. This ...