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From: j-towns@uiuc.edu (John Towns)
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Subject: Re: redirection of LPT1 to a file
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.181731.14758@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 15 Oct 90 18:17:31 GMT
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In article <58158@microsoft.UUCP>, steveha@microsoft.UUCP (Steve Hastings)
writes:
> In article <1990Oct9.184414.18118@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> j-towns@uiuc.edu (John Towns) writes:
> >In article <144@guug.guug.de>, greil@guug.guug.de (Anton Greil) writes:
> >>    How can I redirect the output for LPT1 to a file
> >> Context:
> >>    The graphic program "Dr. HALO III"
> >
> >	I have a PD program called LPTX that I believe will do just what
> >you are asking.
> 
> I have a copy of LPTX, and it is a handy utility for capturing text.
> However, the version I have is not useful for graphics.  The file produced
> by it is always a multiple of 512 bytes long, and after the actual data
> there is random garbage.  There is an end-of-file marker, but it is useless
> in a graphics file.  My copy is version 2.00, dated 1985!
> 
> If there is a newer copy of LPTX that works better, or if there is some
> other program that works better, I would like a copy, too.
> -- 
> Steve "I don't speak for Microsoft" Hastings    ===^=== :::::
> uunet!microsoft!steveha  steveha@microsoft.uucp    ` \\==|


	Just so you know.. the version of LPTX that I have is v7.00.. I have
had a number of requests for it..  if anyone else wants it I can mail it
to them.. it is small.. but effective...

		John Towns
		j-towns@uiuc.edu
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