Re: Printer Port Control Panel Settings

[David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz]

In article <C1L6zM.8Aw@rice.edu> jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong) writes:
> Ok.  Does the ".PRINTER" device, when accessed via a GS/OS "file", use
> the Pascal firmware then?

I can't say what .PRINTER does, since it is a custom driver written by
Byte Works.  My guess is that it does use the Pascal interface.

If you use the GS/OS generated driver for that slot (called .DEV
followed by a number, but the number will differ between systems), it
definitely uses the Pascal interface.  According to the GS/OS Device
Driver Reference Manual, if a card supports the Pascal 1.1 firmware
protocol, the GS/OS generated driver will use that in preference to
the BASIC protocol.
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