Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!usage.csd.unsw.oz.au!sphinx!pta!teti!teslab!andrew From: andrew@teslab.lab.OZ (Andrew Phillips) Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Printer Problems. Summary: Maybe printer assigned to serial port Message-ID: <1240@teslab.lab.OZ> Date: 5 May 91 12:12:03 GMT Article-I.D.: teslab.1240 References: <7484@munnari.oz.au> Reply-To: andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au (Andrew Phillips) Organization: Technology Evaluation Section, L.A.B., Sydney Lines: 15 In article <7484@munnari.oz.au> krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au (Alex Krooglik) writes: > Question 2: Why does AmigaDOS 1.3 give me the message, after I type > 'copy * prt:' that 'The object is in use' when in fact > nothing is hogging it. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG! > I can use par: normally, but prt:, no go Joe. .... If you can use par: but not prt: then it seems likely that your printer is assigned to the serial port and something is using it. > Question 3: When is C= Australia going to release KS 2.0 on ROM? I don't believe *anyone* has it in ROM yet as they want to get out most of the bugs first. -- Andrew Phillips (andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au) Phone +61 (Aust) 2 (Sydney) 289 8712