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Article #43187Re: Dirt ecting printer output
From: Jon W{tte
Date: Mon, 29 May 1989 20:53
Date: Mon, 29 May 1989 20:53
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In article <4276@druhi.ATT.COM> suelh@druhi.ATT.COM (Sue Hendrix) writes:
>I have a friend who would like to take printer output and direct it to a disk
>file, primarily to save Infocom game scripts to an editable file. Is there any
>way to do this easily (or any other)?
Easy way ? Nope. Apart from encapsulating the PostScript(TM) that should
have gone to the LaserWriter, if you use the Standard Print Package (i.e.
"Print" in most DTP, Word Processing and Graphic Design programs) there is
no easy way to redirect data from the printer to disk. (That's what I like
about UNIX... and CP/M 80 :-)
You COULD however:
a) Write a new .PRINT driver and substitute it for the older one
b) Patch the binaries for printing in the game using some patcher
(but there ARE no patchers! Just disassemblers (MacNosy, MacsBug...)
and assembler(s ?) (MPW))
Both of these solutions require a lot of knowledge, a lot of coffe and a
lot of REAL NEED to be done...
>It's a beautiful day, let's go boating.
Yeah, let's! Any time! The Swedish archipelagy around Stockholm is amongst
the most beautiful places in the world... Here and there they're CROWDED
with average joes out sailing for a week, but there ARE places where you
can be alone (almost...)
> Sue Hendrix, net.goddess
> att!drutx!druhi!suelh
Of course, I am--
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Jon W{tte (:))))=- Brrrrreeeee, you bugger! (Piano in)
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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
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Subject: Re: Dirt ecting printer output
Keywords: printer disk r, disk file
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Date: 29 May 89 20:53:15 GMT
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