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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Buffering through software...
- Message-ID: <r75mztd.payner@netcom.com>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 22:32:51 GMT
- References: <h705232@pro-scat.cts.com> <1992Aug11.170916.7237@serveme.chi.il.us>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- In article <1992Aug11.170916.7237@serveme.chi.il.us> kgapp@gagme (Kevin Gapp) writes:
- >Sean Eller writes
- >
- >>
- >>Hi, I'm tired of sitting waiting for this damn imagewriter to print from
- >>AWGS and was wondering instead of buying a 32k buffer for the printer if
- >>there had been a program written that say intercepts the port calls for the
- >>printer and stores the data in a buffer and prints from a buffer in memory.
- >>Working in the background off of interupts. The concept seems simple, I
- >>just don't know if it's been done or if it's even possible to catch stuff
- >>going out to the printer. Has anyone tried this? Thanks..
- >>Sean
- >
- >Yes, it is possible, and yes there is a program to do it. It is called
- >Express and is published by Seven Hills Software. It is GS specific and
- >runs under GS/OS, and does just what you need. It is comparable to all
- >the expensive print spoolers for the MAC, and it is only $29.95 from Seven
- >Hills. Check out a copy of Incider and look for it in the ads.
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- If he has an IM2, there is (or was), a 32K print buffer card available.
- Wonder if they still make it?
-
- >--
- >*******************************************************************************
- >* Kevin Gapp Apple IIgs RuleZ *
-
- Rich
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- payner@netcom.com
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