Xref: utzoo comp.sys.encore:60 comp.unix.wizards:9548 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!oucsace!oucs!wright!jsloan From: jsloan@wright.EDU (John Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Spooling to an Encore annex via lpd Message-ID: <889@wright.EDU> Date: 22 Jun 88 11:19:25 GMT References: <10657@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Distribution: na Organization: Wright State University, Dayton OH, 45435 Lines: 24 in article <10657@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, medin@cincsac.arc.nasa.gov (Milo S. Medin) says: > Don't worry about pscomm. R4.0 has a feature where you can run a > reverse telnet daemon that creates a file that pscomm can open and read > and write, etc... The daemon then does a TCP connect to the annex > port of your choosing. A really nice idea. > > Fixed in 4.0! > > Milo R4.0 of what? SunOS? Annex software from Encore? Transcript? I embarressed to admit that shortly after I made my prior posting about not being able to spool to a LaserWriter via an Annex serial port, it occurred to me how in fact it might be done using a pty/tty pair. Dumb dumb dumb. I'm debugging now. If/when it works as well as I think it should, I'll ship the filter off to Rich Salz for comp.unix.sources, unless is obsolesced by something else sooner. -- John Sloan, The SPOTS Group Wright State University Research Building CSNET: jsloan@SPOTS.Wright.Edu 3171 Research Blvd., Kettering, OH 45420 UUCP: ...!wright!jsloan +1-513-259-1384 +1-513-873-2491 Logical Disclaimer: belong(opinions,jsloan). belong(opinions,_):-!,fail.