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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

5269.0. "snookered with Grand Slam & printer driver" by FSCORE::KAYE (where's my Kama Sutra pop-up book for zero-g) Thu Dec 12 1991 20:28

I think i just got myself in a catch-22 situation. I just bought a
SCSI drive and an IVP Grand Slam controller. This controller has an
extra parallel port and a new device driver so that the printer will
go to the new one and the original is freed up for frame-grabbers etc.

But if i want to download some fonts, i must copy them to PAR:, but
this is the original port. I can't copy to PRT: cus it interprets the
codes. Do i have to play with the other drivers as described in the
Grand Slam docs, or is there another way?

    mark
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5269.1I've never looked at the Grand Slam, but...HYDRA::MOORESimply reinstall....EVERYTHING!Thu Dec 12 1991 22:186
    There should be another device name which is equivalent to PAR: but
    directed to the Grand Slam's port.  Sorry, I have no idea what name
    to use, but I'm pretty sure it's there someplace.  What exactly did
    you mean by "play with the other drivers as described in the Grand
    Slam docs"?  Do they describe anything that looks like a device name
    substitution?
5269.2Grand Slam works fine here.SDOGUS::WILLIAMSTOPGUNFri Dec 13 1991 15:0316
    A quick talk to the folks at IVS gave the following results:
    
       o If you used the parallel install program then you should be
         okay.  Both the PAR and PRT are re-directed to the GS output
         port.
    
       o If you didn't use the parallel install program, then you have
         two choices.
    		1) Use it :^)
    		2) You can do the install yourself as described in the
    		   manual.  (I think that this is what you mean by
                   "play" with the printer drivers as described in the
                   manual.
    
    Hope this helps
    Clark