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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: pc-shell.com
Message-ID: <319@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Nov-86 13:32:15 EST
Article-I.D.: neoucom.319
Posted: Fri Nov  7 13:32:15 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Nov-86 05:25:07 EST
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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Keywords: background printing & DOS interrupt 01H

Hi,

	I just tried out pc-shell.com that was recently posted to
net.sources.  (version 3.5 to be exact)  I short it works very
nicely.

	What I'd like to know is if there is a quick fix to doing
batch printing with ms/pc DOS PRINT command while in pc-shell.
Apparently, PRINT attaches itself to interrupt 01H, and prints out
a couple of characters every time the interrupt is called.
pc-shell must not bother to use 01H.  PRINTing something results in
zero activity until a command such as DATE forks COMMAND.COM, at
which time printing begins.

	Running an innocuous command such as DATE is a good way to
get pc-shell to print, but obviously precludes spooled background
output.

	Anybody know a quick fix, or else have a spooler that
doesn't care about 01H?  I suppose I could write one, but if
somebody has already done so, why reinvent the whell, right?

	Thanks a bunch.
		Bill

Bill Mayhew
Division of Basic Medical Sciences
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH  44272  USA    phone: 216-325-2511
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