Re: More on printing!

[gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu (DESROCHERS GARY FREDERIC)]

dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes:
: In article <1992Dec15.233430.29905@slate.mines.colorado.edu> gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu (DESROCHERS GARY FREDERIC) writes:
: I don't see how examining the ProDOS 8 block device list helps at all...
: there can be a printer card in the same slot that P8 is using for a
: "remapped" block device.

    As I said.  I hadn't thought it through very much.  I answered my own
question (at least this speculation.) a little while after the post.
 
: The GS Firmware Reference must be talking about the built-in serial
: ports, which are indeed slots 1 and 2, when they are chosen in the
: Control Panel.  But the user could easily have a printer card in any
: slot.

    O.K.  That is what I wanted to know.
 
: So it seems you should examine $00/Cnxx to see which slots have the
: right ID bytes to follow the BASIC or Pascal character I/O conventions.
: There is information in the Firmware Reference and the Technical Notes
: (especially Apple II Miscellaneous #8, for the Pascal ID bytes).

    So I need to support both Pascal and Basic protocols.  Is that what you
are saying?  Let's say I only want to support only Pascal.(not that I am)
How many printers actually use the Basic Protocol.  In the firmware
reference it states that the Pascal always needs a linefeed unless you do
blah blah.  What about this?  It is no big deal because you can turn them
on or off in the interface I have but just a question.  I will look at the
Misc note #8.  I thought I had them all at home anyway but I don't remember
this tech note given in the index.  Of course, I reserve the right to be
absolutely wrong.

Gary
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