johnco@mako.UUCP (John M. Cole) (11/28/85)
I am trying to get my KAYPRO II to talk to my Corona PC, and redirect the output to my printer, to be able to get printouts. I am using the RS-232 port on the Kaypro, but to no avail. Something along the order of "copy com1 lpt" would be nice, but that doesn't seem to work. Any program (or direction towards one, or ??) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, John
rde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager) (12/01/85)
One simple way to direct COM1 to LPT1 is to use Kermit. We have
successfully used this method. You need a Kermit on each machine. On the
machine with the printer, set up Kermit in server mode with all output
directed to LPT1. On the other machine, just send any files to be
printed.
Crude, but it works....
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Phone: +44 227 66822 ext 7589keifer@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (12/01/85)
If the stuff you want to go to the printer is coming to the screen, why not just press Ctrl-PrtSc to get simultaneous dump to the printer? Just run a simple terminal program on the MS-DOS machine and turn on the printing.
kev@voder.UUCP (Kevin Hoskins) (12/16/85)
In article <423@ukc.UUCP>, rde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager) writes: > > One simple way to direct COM1 to LPT1 is to use Kermit.... > > Crude, but it works.... > -- > Bob Eager > > rde@ukc.UUCP > rde@ukc > ...!mcvax!ukc!rde > > Phone: +44 227 66822 ext 7589 Yes, it is a little crude. On our pc xt we have an autoexec file that includes the following line: mode lpt1:=com1: It is the mode command that does all the work of changing the printer output to com1. Hope this helps.
rde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager) (12/20/85)
When I suggested using Kermit to redirect LPT1 output, I was answering
what I thought was the question - namely, how to redirect COM1 output to
LPT1. If what was actually wanted was to redirect LPT1 output to COM1,
then by all means use the MODE command.....
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