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Re: redirection of LPT1 to a file

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From: Steve Hastings
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 1990 18:44
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In article <1990Oct9.184414.18118@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> j-towns@uiuc.edu (John Towns) writes:
>In article <144@guug.guug.de>, greil@guug.guug.de (Anton Greil) writes:
>>    How can I redirect the output for LPT1 to a file
>> Context:
>>    The graphic program "Dr. HALO III"
>
>	I have a PD program called LPTX that I believe will do just what
>you are asking.

I have a copy of LPTX, and it is a handy utility for capturing text.
However, the version I have is not useful for graphics.  The file produced
by it is always a multiple of 512 bytes long, and after the actual data
there is random garbage.  There is an end-of-file marker, but it is useless
in a graphics file.  My copy is version 2.00, dated 1985!

If there is a newer copy of LPTX that works better, or if there is some
other program that works better, I would like a copy, too.
-- 
Steve "I don't speak for Microsoft" Hastings    ===^=== :::::
uunet!microsoft!steveha  steveha@microsoft.uucp    ` \\==|
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From: steveha@microsoft.UUCP (Steve Hastings)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: redirection of LPT1 to a file
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Date: 11 Oct 90 18:44:01 GMT
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