I was thinking it would be useful to have an escape key sequence of some
kind. LINUX consoles have a [system-request] key feature that is a kernel
option as I remember.
Taking this thought further, a general facility defined in an ini-file that
has escape-sequences matched to actions. A key sequence would do some
action like sending an [end-of-print-job] escape sequence to a selected
output. It could also be something to get control back to the DOS prompt.
I'm sure there are other ideas in this form.
Just a thought.
Cheers.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Alain M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There could be an alternative: make a TSR that reads the screen and detects
> some special "finished" text in this screen, then opens and closes the
> "LPT1" file...
>
> Its a bit complicated, but I have seen/done worse ...
>
> Alain
>
> john s wolter escreveu:
>
>> Alain,
>>
>> That's fascinating. I'll have to test that. As far as the DOS program
>> I'm forced to use, updating it would require a large investment. There is
>> no prospect to generate enough cash to pay for the update.
>> Somewhere I have some disassembly of DOS which may reveal why. Where did
>> I put that?
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Alain M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>
>> That is one case where millions of ignorant are just plain wrong.
>>
>> I found a fix for that many many years ago in a Novell manual and it
>> works on everything except Dosemu:
>>
>> Don't write to LPT1:, instead open a file named "LPT1" and write to
>> it normaly. You will see that when you *close de file* the spool is
>> flushed.
>>
>> This is no trick, it was well documented at the time, and it is
>> implemented for basic compatibiliy.
>>
>> Alain
>>
>> john s wolter escreveu:
>>
>> I found not only myself but millions, according to Google, of
>> others have experienced printing delays when printing from
>> inside a virtual DOS session. FreeDOS's parts [ in | on |
>> inside] XP is not immune to XP's behaviors. I came across a
>> fix at Tom's Hardware. The delays were 17 seconds and 3 to 5
>> once the changes were made. I wanted to print to a TCP/IP
>> networked & USB HP laser printer
>> from a old DOS program that outputs to LPT1. No program source
>> is available of course and Windows XP does not capture LPTx
>> output as did Win98. I've found the NET command still works in
>> the DOS box and LPTx printing can be redirected to any shared
>> printer. NET USE LPT1 \\sharingcomputer\theprinter at the
>> command prompt.
>>
>> This includes using \\12.0.0.1 <http://12.0.0.1>
>> <http://12.0.0.1>\printer localhost loopback. This worked but
>> the printing would not start for 15 seconds. You can also
>> install the "Microsoft Loopback Adapter" software for
>> standalone computer, turn on networking, share a printer, and
>> then connect it to an LPTx port.
>>
>>
>> Specifically here's the fix,...
>>
>> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/21658-45-printer-delay
>>
>> Here it is...
>> 1) in REGEDIT ( START->RUN-> REGEDIT ) click :
>> Hkey_local_machine then click : System then click :
>> CurrentControlSet then click : Control somewhere at the bottom
>> of the control list Click: WOW
>> in LPT_timeout property change it to 2 (seconds)
>> 2) Go to SYSTEM.INI file in [386enh] section search [Network] if
>> it does not exist enter the following :
>> [Network] PrintBufTime=10 [IFSMGR] PrintBufTime=10
>> this will reset the wait to 10 seconds
>> Hope this is of some use.
>>
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