mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) (10/10/90)
Help!
I'm helping a friend set up his PC. He's got an old LaserJet with
serial interface only. He's got program that only print to the
parallel port.
We did the:
mode com1:96,n,8,1
mode lpt1:=com1:
or whatever and we DO get output. But of course, when the LJ goes to
print a page, it wants the data flow to pause. The BIOS serial port
software doesn't handle software handshaking at all. Does anyone have a TSR
to performs the ^S/^Q handshaking transparently over the serial port?
I checked simtel and there is "FLOW.ASM" but I don't have an assembler.
Thanks,
Mat
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In article <8214@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes: > >Help! [DELETIONS] >software doesn't handle software handshaking at all. Does anyone have a TSR >to performs the ^S/^Q handshaking transparently over the serial port? > >I checked simtel and there is "FLOW.ASM" but I don't have an assembler. > Don't be without an assembler. There is a nice, serviceable Public Domain one. Go back to Simtel and get: PD1:<MSDOS.ASMUTL>ARROWASM.ARC This is Arrowsoft's MASM 3.0-compatible Public Domain offering, for which, many thanks and all Glory... -Peace ______________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA'66 \\ INTERNET : sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP : ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER : K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 \\ VOICE : (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 \\ FAX : (407) 729-2537 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|
sweh@tharr.UUCP (Stephen Harris) (10/12/90)
In article <8214@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes: > >mode com1:96,n,8,1 Shouldn't this be 'mode com1:96,n,8,1,p' anyway? >mode lpt1:=com1: > >or whatever and we DO get output. But of course, when the LJ goes to >print a page, it wants the data flow to pause. The BIOS serial port >software doesn't handle software handshaking at all. Does anyone have a TSR >to performs the ^S/^Q handshaking transparently over the serial port? > If the LJ does hardware handshaking (I thought it did!), with the ,p parameter on the mode line you won't need Xon/Xoff. I've set up a couple of printers this way. >I checked simtel and there is "FLOW.ASM" but I don't have an assembler. Try A86 Shareware Assembler. Its not bad, but only does .COM files. -- Stephen Harris Disclaimer: me have an opinion? | Email: ..!ukc!axion!tharr!sweh What an idea! | sweh%tharr.uucp@uk.co.bt.axion Wanted: humour transplant | tharr!sweh@uk.ac.ukc <-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->
w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) (10/12/90)
>I checked simtel and there is "FLOW.ASM" but I don't have an assembler.
Did you check this program? It includes the executable.
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PRINTER>
Filename Type Length Date Description
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XONXOFF3.ZIP B 2339 900711 XON/XOFF interrupt-driven serial printer drvr
Keith
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