CCVAX.revc%nosc@sri-unix.UUCP (11/04/83)
From: Bob Van Cleef <CCVAX.revc@nosc> ------- I've seen at least a half dozen systems were the PRN: function of PIP does not work. These include an Osborne-I, Discovery, and various S-100 systems. I would like to know where PRN: is defined. All the references that I have seen infer that it is PIP that recognizes it and changes its options before sending the output to LST:. If that is the case, than it should not be hardware dependant. - Bob Bob Van Cleef Naval Ocean Systems Center UUCP sdcsvax!noscvax!revc Computer Sciences Corp ARPA revc@nosc NOSC - Bldg. 1 CompuServe 71565,533 4045 Hancock Street analog (619) 442-7967 San Diego, CA 92110 -------
POURNE%mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP (11/05/83)
From: Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE@mit-mc>
PRN: should be connected to an honest-to-Phred device. I too
have noticed that many machines have an "easy" BIOS. I even
have heard the excuse that "we didn't implement those extra
devices because it saves memory" (!!!)
Other machines with "Easy" BIOSes includ the entire
TeleVideo line. I'm mystified by this approach, with so many
model BIOSes around.
--Alex Pournelle
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