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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: "Fast" Mode with parallel.device under OS 2.0 ??
Message-ID: <1103@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 91 12:14:20 GMT
References: <1991Apr9.115525.2939@forwiss.uni-passau.de> <2337@public.BTR.COM>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <2337@public.BTR.COM> valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>In article <1991Apr9.115525.2939@forwiss.uni-passau.de>
>hessmann@r2d2.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann) writes:
>>
>The updated parallel device, version 36.xx, will now work under 1.3 also.
>But make sure you also use the printer device version 35.573 or superior.
>The new parallel device will make some awfull printer device bugs painfully
>evident. 
>
>>|100000 characters per second in its "fast" mode. Unfortunately this fast mode
>>|depends on the printer to assert the BUSY signal fast enough. Since there is
>>|a slight chance that an unusual printer out there does not assert the BUSY
>>|signal before the Amiga is ready to send the next character, the "slow" mode
>>|of the parallel device is set as default.
>>
>>How can I select this mode??
>
>Simply write OpenDevice("parallel.device",0L,par_request,PARF_FASTMODE);
>Compile, link, attach seat belt and run. Incredible magic, eh?

But is there also a chance with existing software that I don't have
sources for?

Is this mode default in 2.0?

How about making it an option choosable in Printer preferences?

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