First post, by zerker
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So I found out the DOS MODE command allows you to theoretically redirect a parallel port to a serial port. This is potentially great, as I can just capture the serial output on another machine via null modem and save formatted print output to disk.
Trouble is, it doesn't seem to work. I initially run the command and the output looks promising:
> mode lpt1=com1
LPT1: rerouted to COM1:
But as soon as I check the general mode status again, it says it isn't redirected after all.
> mode
Status for device LPT1:
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LPT1: not rerouted
Retry=NONE
Code page operation not supported on this device
Status for device LPT2:
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LPT2: not rerouted
Status for device LPT3:
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LPT3: not rerouted
Status for device CON:
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Code page operation not supported on this device
Status for device COM1:
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Retry=NONE
If I try to print via MS DOS Edit, or manually redirect a command output to LPT1, it fails just as before. Redirecting a file to COM1, or using a program with serial printing (MS DOS Help) works as usual. I do, of course, already have the mode configured properly for COM1 itself.
I'm running official MS-DOS 6.0. Any thoughts or suggestions? Anyone else tried this sort of thing?