Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: using parallel and serial ports
Message-ID: <1990Jan4.002036.10011@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <4386@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <17544@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 90 00:20:36 GMT

In article <17544@rpp386.cactus.org> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes:
>... It turns out, that even
>though it is not documented, the action associated with the paralell port
>opening on th QMS-ps810 also opens the 9 pin serial channel at 9600 baud
>as stdout.  All error messages go out that port...

[Sigh... *some* of us replied, as originally requested, by mail.]

This behavior is documented in the manual we got with our PS810.
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