jrsharp / pcd68

PCD-68: a 68000-based virtual retro computer (inspired by the Macintosh, Canon Cat, etc.)
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Implement a printer peripheral / interface #18

Open jrsharp opened 2 years ago

jrsharp commented 2 years ago

A "Printer" for PCD-68!

Like other peripherals, this could be realized in both real, actual hardware, as well as a visual/virtual implementation. In fact, the web target is a primary application for this -- the thinking being that it would provide some "bridge" for more traditional web constructs (hyperlinks!) and could be implemented visually as a stream of annotated text (again, with hyperlinks). The ROM code could provide a "Send link/page to Printer" function that would send the data to the printer. (Thinking at the moment this could be a "Markdown Printer" -- that is, aware of markdown formatting, applying said formatting on virtual (or physical) output medium.