Printing Files to APE with SDX?

[+Larry]

This is a question for someone who uses SDX and also uses APE to do printing through the Winprinter.

 

I'm trying to print a BASIC listing to the Virtual MX printer in APE. I can't get anything to print. I'm wondering if there is an issue because APE recognizes P: and SDX (I believe) uses PRN: I didn't find an Alias in the manual.

 

Or perhaps I'm just missing something simple?

 

-Larry

[Fuji-Man]

Larry,

 

Not sure if this will help, but p. 23 of the Sparta 4.42 manual says something about CIO use for P:

 

FujiMan

 

This is a question for someone who uses SDX and also uses APE to do printing through the Winprinter.

 

I'm trying to print a BASIC listing to the Virtual MX printer in APE. I can't get anything to print. I'm wondering if there is an issue because APE recognizes P: and SDX (I believe) uses PRN: I didn't find an Alias in the manual.

 

Or perhaps I'm just missing something simple?

 

-Larry

[+Larry]

Thanks for the reply, Fujiman, and you are right -- the manual says you can use P: I also found it works fine with DPRN: and just PRN:

 

But after some eliminations, I found the culprit was my MIO configuration.

 

I fell back to MyDos, but it wouldn't print there, either. I re-installed APE, and that made no difference. Then I disconnected the MIO interface and the printer function started working.

 

So I went to the MIO configuration page for printers and set the printer port number to "NONE" (and disabled the printer buffer).

 

It immediately started printing! Mystery solved!

 

-Larry

[+bf2k+]

 

So I went to the MIO configuration page for printers and set the printer port number to "NONE" (and disabled the printer buffer).

 

It immediately started printing! Mystery solved!

 

-Larry

 

Hmmm... that sounds strange - I need to test that. I have my MIO spooler enabled also.

[+Larry]

Let me know how yours is set. I suspect that either P2: or NONE would work OK. The spooler setting probably is irrelevant since going SIO.

-Larry

 

Hmmm... that sounds strange - I need to test that. I have my MIO spooler enabled also.