Dos lpt to file

Easy Transferable license. MS-DOS based applications are designed to print on character mode printers. Presently laser and inkjet printers becomes much cheaper and have powerful features, but come with connectivity to only USB ports; which DOS applications cannot access. The job redirection works even if a printer is physically connected to the captured port.

Word will generally open almost anything that "contains text" although it may display a lot of trash along with the text if the file has executables or escapes also in it. Often something that it declines to open can still be examined just by changing the file extension to. After you clean up a file in Word, you can "save as" back to plain text.

A USB external 3. I used to do this all the time. If you are doing it now and then don't bother with a TSR to permanently redirect. It will work if the original programmer used the standard output functions, which may or may not be the case.

Any more detail and I will have to dig into the file where I keep instructions for scraping vellum and mixing your own ink. I think the output is hardcoded to LPT1 rather than sdtdout. A simple pig tale connected both machines through lpt1. It is probably still in the cable box. Saved hundreds of hours - and gave me undeserved stats.

For some history on it. Subject: RE: Tech: TSR to redirect LPT to file - DOS only From: Jack Campin Date: 29 Nov 12 - PM I think the procedure you're trying to describe goes like this: - remove the ash collector tray - unscrew the steam relief line - tie the jibstay to the lower martingales with a baker's hitch - tighten up the compression screw on the drying rollers - spin the Watt governor a few times to get it moving - make sure the chip fat is properly filtered - insert the fermentation lock - set the hay tines upwards - hit the drip tray return pump a couple of times with a bungstarter mallet.

Or have I forgotten something? While a few files wouldn't open, the majority transitioned fairly well. In antiquity, transfers were facilitated using a simple "zero modem" cable that was just a Serial Cable with one of the two pairs of wires "twisted. Numerous "programs" were available with pretty cables and with software to "manage" the moving, but you could make your own cable and do the transfers with existing DOS or Windows built-ins.

Some of the "kits" were advertised for "synchronizing" two machines if you were using ones too old to have easy LAN capabilities, but most of us just used the "sneaker net" - copy to floppy, run across the room, copy from floppy.

If you used a couple of junk box cables and followed widely published instructions to twist the right two wires, the "zero modem" was free. The software to manage the transfer is built into Windows, I think since Vista but it might have appeared with Win7 and might not install by default.

Since they're intended for "one time use" borrowing would be the recommended procurement method if you know someone who's recently migrated to Win7 and bought one for you. It all hinges on WHY you're trying to do what you're trying to do, and what end results you really want. No usb ports on the laptop just serial and parallel.

You can always redirect output at the command prompt to a LPT port. Found a program to copy from busted up dos on laptop to win 7 through serial port connection! Get the legacy app off of the old hardware at some point if it is at all possible. What happens when the 15 year old laptop finally dies? It is a matter of when not if. I copied all the files I could find and the program runs but it tells me the password is incorrect.

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