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From: jstone@world.std.com (Jeffrey R Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Wanted: Bit Bucket
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.114101.27478@world.std.com>
Date: 15 Aug 90 11:41:01 GMT
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jamesb@bushido (Jim Harvey) writes:

[ Despcription of problem involving Procomm trying to access nonoexistent
  printer, and crashing the system (T1000 laptop) deleted]

> What we need is something that will divert the PRN: device to NUL:  Does 
> such a thing exist?  If so, could somebody mail it to me (I can't FTP)?

I use a TSR called PRN2FILE to redirect printer output to disk file.
I just tried loading it and redirecting to 'nul'.  I pressed PRTSCR and
watched the cursor scan my screen.  No file called 'c:\nul' appeared,
(though the program claimed to be redirecting to that name).  Seems to work.
It's available from simtel.

-jeff-