Subj : Re: Teletype and C64
To   : Robert Roland
From : Henning Bekel
Date : Thu Jun 28 2018 20:46:47

On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:15:42 +0200
Robert Roland <fake@ddress.no> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:33:24 -0700 (PDT), o.funkenspotz@gmail.com
> wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to redirect all text that ist normally shown on the monitor 
to the teletype and use it as a printer? I woould like to run some text 
adventures over the C64 on the teletype for Maker Faire.
>
> When listing disk directories to paper, I used this:
>
> http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24138
>
> I do not know if it would work with your adventure game, though. There
> are many different ways to send text to the screen, and the CMD
> command may not support them all.
> --
> RoRo

The RS232 Device number is 2. You should be able to redirect BASIC prints (and 
everything else that prints via the Kernal CHROUT routine) to the device. If 
the program does not use the kernal CHROUT routine but instead pokes directly 
to screen memory, 
you're out of luck. CMD only sets the default output device used by CHROUT.

See https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/RS-232 for details on configuring and opening 
the device. After opening, you need to issue CMD 2 to change the default device 
for all print statements.

I'm not sure whether RUNning a BASIC program will reset the default output 
device for CHROUT. If so, you will need to modify the program accordingly.

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