| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Why does the PRN: device always stand for the parallel port? I
was under the impression that if I indicated in the Printer Setup
that my printer was the Modem port, then anything sent to PRN: would
go to the modem port.
This does not appear to be the case. Therefore, what exactly does
the Printer Setup dialogue do?
Steph
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| 172.1 | If it was only the ribbons .... | PILOU::ANDERSEN | Relocating my way home ? | Fri Jul 22 1988 11:57 | 26 |
To my knowledge you have three standard devices on the aTArI when
you talk about redirecting outputs (apart from the filesystem).
You can redirect "standard output" and "standard error" to :
PRN: The Paralel centronix interface port
CON: Your screen
AUX: The serial port
so in a shell you would need after "printer setup" to do i.e.
% ls -l>AUX:
or
% cat file.c>AUX:
-to get the listing out on the modem/AUX port. (Default is here
normally the CON:)
If your "printer setup" does not specifically contain anything about
speed, it is a paralel port setup.
In the end I have not any ATARI serial printer setup experiance, gues
what ?/
mine is paralel.
����Martin
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| 172.2 | You can look it up, but PRN: is always parallel. | PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ | Jeff Lomicka | Fri Jul 22 1988 12:09 | 9 |
It seems to me, Steph, that the print setup only applies to what happens when you hit ALT-HELP or otherwise request the SYSTEM to do a print-screen. It doesn't change the meaning of PRT:. However, your own program can look up this value and make the appropriate defaults by calling the Setprt() xbios function. | |||||