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Article #11987Re: .PRN file from Orcad SDT
From: budgie
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:01
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:01
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:01:51 +1000, "AnthonyP" <preston_anthony@hotmail.com> wrote: >to copy a file to the lpt1 port you need to add a binary switch option > >copy /b file.prn lpt1 > >there you go. Not sure if you really read my O/P, but I copied it without any switch. The question in any event was not how to print it, it was how (and with what) I could redigest it into some manipulatable graphics format. Peter >"budgie" <budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au> wrote in message >news:3d45381c.6612792@news.cantech.net.au... >> I have a file as per header, sent by colleague. It was the only >> electronic output option he had, and it sounded great at the time. >> >> Problem is, I want it in soft form for digestion into something else - >> almost anything else in fact. But the format baffles everything I >> have tried on it. Obviously I can "copy file.prn lpt1:" at a DOS >> prompt, but that wasn't the objective. >> >> Can anyone suggest a redigestion route? >> >> TIA >> >> Peter > >
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