Apple Pascal - Switch between 40/80 columns?

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Apple Pascal - Switch between 40/80 columns?

I'm reading through a Pascal adventure game programming book. All the programs are formatted for 40-columns, and I find the 80 column text to be difficult to read on my monitor. Is there a way to switch between 40 and 80 columns in Apple Pascal, either programmatically or preferably through a keypress or menu setting? I can't readily find any reference to this in the manuals.

(If it matters, my copy of Apple Pascal boots into 80 columns, and I've installed the 128k files which take advantage of the RAM expansion.)

 

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Just to update this thread, a

Just to update this thread, a user named mi7chy on Reddit gave me the following solution:

"In addition to Apple Pascal 1.3 disks you'll also need APPLE3 disk to run SET40COLS utility to toggle 40-column flag.

https://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=8394

https://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=8395

https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Diskware/Pascal/Apple%20II%20Pascal%201.3%20APPLE3%3A%20680-0290-A.dsk

Insert Apple Pascal 1.3 boot disk in disk 1 and APPLE3 disk in disk 2, boot into Apple Pascal 1.3, select X( ecute, enter "APPLE3:SET40COLS" without quotes, when promoted for volume enter 4 to set 40-column for next boot then reboot. In 40-column you'll need to use control-A to switch between first half of 40-column and second half of 40-column screens."

EDIT: mi7chy asked me to credit AppleWin and the text version of Apple Pascal manual instead.

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