Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!E.ISI.EDU!SAC.DYESGPF From: SAC.DYESGPF@E.ISI.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Switching Between Serial and Parallel Ports Message-ID: <[E.ISI.EDU]15-Sep-88.00:43:58.SAC.DYESGPF> Date: 15 Sep 88 05:43:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 8 While I have not tested the idea (no serial printer), a variable UNFORM in the environment area should serve the same purpose with only a little mod to SEL.BAT. Have your AUTOEXEC file SET UNFORM to 0 or 1 as appropriate for your config- uration, then test for the content of the variable. Al Holecek