[Simh] Printer on TOPS-10

[Timothe Litt]

I don't think that my advanced printer code was merged into the master fork.

This is what works for me:

set lp20 enable
set lp20 printer=lp07b
attach -S lp20 form=graybar
image=c:\Users\timothe\Documents\GitHub\Run\Form_BG_Grayscale.jpg
c:\Users\timothe\Documents\GitHub\Run\Spool\SAM.lpt.pdf

You probably just need the "set lp20 enable".

On 19-Mar-18 14:27, Quentin North wrote:
> Possibly a silly question, but does anyone know how to get the printer
> to work on TOPS-10 on simh? I have attached a printer files to the
> printer device but the printer and the spooler fills up with output on
> TOPS-10, but the the printer stays offline in TOPS-10 and I cant find
> out how to get it online.
>
> My startup scripts as follows:
> set tim y2k
> att rp0 disks/t10.dsk
> att lp20 printer.out
> set dz 8b
> att -am dz 2020
> boot rp0
>
> When I get TOPS-10 up and try to print I can’t seem to get it to do
> anything:
>
> OPR>  
> 18:19:42                -- System Queues Listing --
>
> Printer Queue:
> Job Name   Req#    Limit             User
> --------  ------  -------  ------------------------
>   BCPL         3        6  OPR    [1,2]
> There is 1 job in the queue (none in progress); 6 pages
> OPR>show messages
> OPR>  
> 18:19:49        --No outstanding messages--
> OPR>show status printer
> OPR>  
> 18:19:59                -- System Device Status --
>
> Printer Status:
>   Unit      Status
>   ----  ---------------
>      0  Not Available
>
> OPR>stop printer 0
> OPR>  
> 18:20:20        Printer 0  -- Stopped --
> OPR>abort printer 0/purge
> OPR>  
> 18:20:30        Printer 0  -- Not Active --
> OPR>start printer 0
> OPR>  
> 18:20:37        Printer 0  -- Already Started --
> OPR>show status printer
> OPR>  
> 18:20:46                -- System Device Status --
>
> Printer Status:
>   Unit      Status
>   ----  ---------------
>      0  Stopped
>
> OPR>start printer 0
> OPR>  
> 18:20:55        Printer 0  -- Already Started --
>
>
>
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