Device checking in Turbo

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From: George C. Bingaman
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1986 23:32

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    Can anyone tell me how I can get version 2.0 of Turbo Pascal running under
MS/PC-DOS to check the status of a device?  I would like to verify that the
printer is online, and that the drive is ready before doing I/O.  I would also
like to have the program check to see what drive it is being run from.
    I have looked thru Borland's reference manual, but if the info is there I'm
missing it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
    George


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Subject: Device checking in Turbo
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 18:32:24 EST
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