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From: aptr@ur-tut.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: MS DOS crashes on random keyboa
Message-ID: <259@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Apr-86 21:05:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: ur-tut.259
Posted: Fri Apr 25 21:05:14 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 13-May-86 02:39:27 EDT
References: <2026@cbosgd> <10800024@uiucdcsp>
Reply-To: aptr@ur-tut.UUCP (The Wumpus)
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
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In article <10800024@uiucdcsp> keifer@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>Doing a screen dump on an IBM PC without a printer does NOT hang the
>system.  It will timeout after about 30 seconds (or so) and then
>continue.  If you do this (Shift_PrtSc, printer off), you'll notice
>that after awhile the cursor will go to the upper left corner of the
>screen for a bit while the PrtSc routine apparently decides the
>printer is not there.  A short time later you will again have system
>control.  
>
>You don't have to reboot in this situation.  Just be patient.
>
>	G. Seaburg
>	c/o keifer
>	uiucdcsp


It does hang the system if your printer is Serial because the computer is
waiting (forever) for the printer to tell it that it is ready to receive.

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