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From: lleonard@hayes.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: RE: windows print thru BIOS ??
Message-ID: <4039.2869b175@hayes.uucp>
Date: 27 Jun 91 09:35:49 GMT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
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I discovered a simple but sneaky way to get Windows to print to BIOS.
Edit your WIN.INI file and go to the "[ports]" entry and then create 
a port called "lpt1.=" - the key is the period.  If you have just
"lpt1:=", Windows will intercept your data.  With the period, Windows
is fooled into thinking it's printing to a file, then BIOS can get
it.  I assume this same trick will work with prn, com1, etc.

Lee Leonard
lleonard@hayes.uucp
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