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echo: bluewave
to: JEAN PARROT
from: mark lewis
date: 2005-05-10 18:59:12
subject: Alt P.

JB> Just for yucks, I tried this when I was already reading personal mail.
 JB>  tried to print.

 JP>         Being the full time experimenter, I also tried the Alt-P  
 JP> CLI and it tried to print the message. But it froze my system, I  
 JP> had to give it the three finger salute. There is no option in BW  
 JP> nor TSE for a USB printer so it barfs. A word to the wise ! 

that's when you use the "capture port" option to "map"
LPT1 to whatever port the printer is on... this is a specific thing for
being able to use DOS apps with ""network"" printers...
it may not be available is networking is not installed on one's machine...

)\/(ark

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