From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 3:48:42 AM UTC+11, wolfgang kern wrote:   
      
   > interesting, but I don't see any RS232 connector on my 12 PCs.   
      
   That's the exact problem. They took away the physical   
   connector without updating the firmware to redirect it   
   to something else (USB/Bluetooth/Wifi).   
      
   They did allow hard disks to be redirected to the USB port.   
      
   Anyway, I'm pretty sure you can buy PCs with a serial port,   
   which is the donkey solution I will probably have to resort   
   to if no BIOS manufacturer does this internally.   
      
   > > But surely the proper solution is to put not just this but   
   > > also the printer into the BIOS and abstract the hardware?   
      
   > while some printers may work wireless, which brand and type would you   
   > insert into your BIOS ?   
      
   I seem to be missing something (Grant asked something   
   similar). When you do an fopen of PRN, there is no data   
   sent to the printer, it's just a raw connection. That's all I   
   expect the BIOS to do. You still need some sort of driver   
   to send the right format of data via the PRN connection.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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