Re: [MiNT] Running a barebones FreeMiNT kernel with Hatari in 000 mode

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:41:57 , Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
> On 10/15/13 16:27, Matthias Arndt wrote:
> > Am Montag, den 14.10.2013, 20:43 +0100 schrieb Alan Hourihane:
> >> It's just a character device that outputs data to the printer... So,
> >>
> >> cat `some-text-file` > /dev/lp
> >>
> >> would print that text file.
> >>
> >> Alan.
> >>
> > Too bad, would make a buffering driver that also copes with the BIOS
> > printer devices make more sense for compatibility?
> >
> > In this mode, the driver is useless for Atari users who do not run any
> > large Unix style packages....
> >
>
> That really is it's purpose though, for Unix programs.
>
> Alan.
>
>

How often does anyone dump unix output to printer ?

There used to be various printer spoolers for the ST and IIRC
Magic! could background print. It would be nice to get those
features again.

Peter