Search the FAQ Archives

3 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
faqs.org - Internet FAQ Archives

comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 1/5
Section - Section 1. General FAQ and Newsgroup Information

( Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page )
[ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index | Neighborhoods ]


Top Document: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 1/5
Previous Document: News Headers
Next Document: - Is MS-DOS Dead?
See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge

 The General FAQ and Newsgroup Information section contains information
 about how to use the FAQ and the newsgroup.

User Contributions:

1
Ben in Seattle
Jun 2, 2026 @ 4:16 pm
Another solution is to use a parallel port loopback plug. It makes the PC think there is a printer attached. The benefit of this is it doesn't require anticipating the problem with ANSI.SYS escape sequences nor does it make you wait half an hour for the "Abort, Retry, Ignore?" prompt, as some versions of DOS do.

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:




Top Document: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 1/5
Previous Document: News Headers
Next Document: - Is MS-DOS Dead?

Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page

[ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ]

Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer:
jeffrey@carlyle.org (Jeffrey Carlyle)





Last Update March 27 2014 @ 02:11 PM