tom@tsdiag.UUCP (10/14/87)
References: I have been looking for a *REAL* spooler for MS-DOS machines. I have not yet seen anything even CLOSE! A Spooler (like most have OS's execpt unix) do the following: 1) accept data via a device like name (PR:) and spool it to a disk file for later (like when you close the assignment to PR:) 2) perform paging (w/page numbers, file name, date/time, header, etc) 3) accept print commands to print a specific file (directly or via the spool files used in item #1) 4) allow status commands to check what is on the queue and how many lines and how far it is (in lines or in %) 5) allow purge commands to remove items from the queue 6) (wish list) allow priority for various prints (maybe based on # of lines) as I said MOST Operating Systems have this feature, why not MS-DOS??? [as noted above unix doesn't either, but it is Still needed!!!] IN COMMENTS/REPLIES PLEASE DO NOT COPY MY ARTICLE, I KNOW WHAT I SAID! uucp: ...!ihnp4!hotps!tsdiag!tom -- Thomas A. Moulton, W2VY Life is too short to be mad about things. Home: (201) 779-W2VY Packet: w2vy@kd6th Voice: 145.190 (r) Work: (201) 492-4880 x3226 FAX: (201) 493-9167 Concurrent Computer Corp. uucp: ...!ihnp4!hotps!ka2qhd!w2vy