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From: ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Sun PC-NFS 3.5 has unnoted Alt-P change from 3.0.1 (with workaround)
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Date: 9 May 91 21:19:36 GMT
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+ From ado Thu May  9 17:17:59 1991
+ To: sunbugs@sun.com
+ Subject: Sun PC-NFS 3.5 has unnoted Alt-P change from 3.0.1 (with workaround)
+ 
+ Description:
+ 	Sun PC-NFS 3.5 handles Alt-P differently than did PC-NFS 3.0.1;
+ 	the change is undocumented.
+ 
+ 	Under PC-NFS 3.0.1, the Alt-P "print hot key" was not intercepted by
+ 	Sun's software until you had actually done a "net use lpt...".
+ 	Under PC-NFS 3.5, Alt-P is picked off even before you do a
+ 	"net use lpt...".  This means that folks who do not use remote
+ 	printers but do use Alt-P (in programs such as Symphony) have
+ 	problems when the 3.0.1->3.5 upgrade occurs.
+ 
+ Repeat-By:
+ 	Start up a PC with PC-NFS 3.0.1 that does not mount any remote
+ 	printers.  Do a telnet to a Sun sysem.  When you see the "login:"
+ 	prompt, tap Alt-F and notice that ^@ is echoed, meaning that the
+ 	Alt-F made it through to the Sun system.  Then tap Alt-P and note
+ 	that ^@ is again echoed--the Alt-P made it through.
+ 
+ 	Now start up a PC with PC-NFS 3.5 that does not mount any remote
+ 	printers.  Do a telnet to a Sun sysem.  When you see the "login:"
+ 	prompt, tap Alt-F and notice that ^@ is echoed, meaning that the
+ 	Alt-F made it through to the Sun system.  Then tap Alt-P and note
+ 	that ^@ is not echoed--the Alt-P has been picked off.
+ 
+ Workaround:
+ 	The simplest workaround I've found is to nfsconf a printer to have
+ 	an obscure hot key (such as Alt-Shift-Ctrl-P), then use the commands
+ 		net use lpt1: \\server\lp
+ 		net use lpt1: /d
+ 	in the autoexec.bat file to substitute the obscure hot key for Alt-P.
+ -- 
+ 		Arthur David Olson	ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov
+ 		ADO and Elsie are Ampex and Borden trademarks