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Re: Redirecting Serial Printer to File

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From: Jerzy Tarasiuk
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 04:18
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>>>>> On 26 Oct 92 01:11:00 GMT, v125qmam@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Ami R Pflugrad) said:
Ami> Hi All!
Ami> 	I've been looking for a program that will re-direct output
Ami> 	from a Com port (Com1 or Com2) to a file.  I have an 
Ami> 	application that generates reports and want to save them
Ami> 	as disk files.  I've seen a lot of utils that will
Ami> 	redirect LPT bound output to files.  But nothing for COM
Ami> 	ports. 
Ami> 	Can Someone suggest where I might find such a utility.

Unless the application accesses the COM port using BIOS (or DOS)
it is not possible (at least in Real Mode, In Virtual86 Mode it
is possible). If you have 2 COM ports, consider connecting them
and using a TSR program to save data received by the second.
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From: jt@fuw.edu.pl (Jerzy Tarasiuk)
Subject: Re: Redirecting Serial Printer to File
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