peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) (10/11/83)
I've recently switched from a first-generation IBM parallel adapter card
to a Quadboard. It works fine, except for one apparent bug: if the
printer (an Epson MX-80) is off, the Quadboard seems to indicate to
BASIC that it is both on and selected. If the printer is on, the select
status is correctly reported to BASIC. I believe the IBM card properly
reports the printer as off when it is. Have other people had this
problem? Is there any sure fire method a program can use to determine
whether or not the printer is on when using a Quadboard? A mistakenly-off
printer has caused me to lose some output to the bit-bucket.
peter rowley, University of Toronto Department of C.S., Ontario Canada M5S 1A4
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