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From: support@ism780c.isc.com (Support account)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Need information on VP/IX or DosMerge ability
Message-ID: <41081@ism780c.isc.com>
Date: 9 Apr 90 17:42:18 GMT
References: <2217.2611d238@cc.helsinki.fi> <15300@bfmny0.UU.NET> <490@gold.UUCP>
Reply-To: support@ism780c.UUCP (Support account)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA
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In article <490@gold.UUCP> root@gold.UUCP (Christian Seyb) writes:
>The only detail which is better implemented in Merge is printing. You
>have to either exit VP/ix or to explicitly flush the printer to start
>printing. Merge did allow a configurable timeout. This allowed printing
>to start after timeout seconds of no characters received.
>


The new VP/ix, included with 386/ix V2.2 available in May 1990,
includes a time configurable printer autoflush option. The VP/ix
configuration file now contains an autoflush feature which, if
configured, will cause the printer to automatically flush the print
buffer every 20 seconds, or at an interval set by the user. Also, printer
performance in general, for DOS applications which go through the BIOS for
printing, has been significantly improved.



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