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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Need information on VP/IX or DosMerge ability
Message-ID: <1990Apr10.191138.663@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 10 Apr 90 19:11:38 GMT
References: <2217.2611d238@cc.helsinki.fi> <15300@bfmny0.UU.NET> <490@gold.UUCP> <41081@ism780c.isc.com>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <41081@ism780c.isc.com> support@ism780c.UUCP (Support account) writes:

>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.

Will it also flush when an application closes the lpt: device as
most lan-aware programs do these days?  Will it support netbios
file-locking etc. when multiple copies are running in the same machine?

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us