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From: jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Levitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: general questions on AUX
Summary: A little 'bit'.
Keywords: byte, bit, botch
Message-ID: <1056@gort.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 31 Dec 89 21:10:51 GMT
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In article <22924@ut-emx.UUCP> malik@emx.UUCP (Nadeem Malik) writes:
>In article <1055@gort.cs.utexas.edu> jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Levitt) writes:
>> They run under A/UX but without sound and without direct access to the serial
>>ports and some other bells and whistles. Only about 80% of the Mac
>>toolbox is available under A/UX. :-(
>
>Does anyone know if Microsoft word 4.0, Execl, and MacDraw
>work under AUX. Since these are the only MacOs programs that I use, if
>they do work then I wont even ever have to boot the MacOs. However, you have
>mentioned that there is a problem in accessing the serial ports. Does it mean
>that it will not be possible to print from Word to a laserwriter, even if it
>works otherwise under AUX?
>

 You cannot print using the serial ports when running a Mac application
under A/UX. Macintosh terminal programs are useless. Word processing
programs cannot print using the serial ports. I think it is possible to
print via appletalk, though, if you have an appletalk [now called
"localtalk"] network. Not sure. Anybody know if Excel works?

     ---J
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