[Simh] Printer Output

Zane H. Healy healyzh at aracnet.com
Tue Oct 12 13:41:43 EDT 2004


> Has anyone found a way to automate printer output on a simh simulator?  
> I am running simh PDP-11 with RSTS/E and I would like to be able to 
> print from within RSTS and just have it come out on the printer.


Perl is your friend.  Simply write a perl script that sits around watching
the file your virtual printer writes to, and then sends the output to a
real printer.

I'd done this at one point, but have lost the script.

                Zane




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