COM2LPT
Version 1.0 · Pavel Zampach
Description
COM2LPT is a program for printing from a palmtop machine to a parallel printer connected to a desktop machine. It runs on the desktop, reads the data from the serial port, where the palmtop is connected to, and forwards the data to the parallel port.
Technical details
- File
com2lpt.zip- Size
- 5.9 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 2002
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 2002-03-19
- Files inside
- 2
- Author
- Pavel Zampach
- Path
anonftp/pub/com2lpt.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 1.0 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
-
COM2LPT.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 7.2 KB
No need to put
COM2LPT.TXT:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 1.0 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy COM2LPT.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.
Package contents
Send to my palmtop
The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.
Your browser cannot talk to the serial port. Direct sending uses the Web Serial API, which only exists in Chrome, Edge and Opera on desktop — not in Firefox, Safari or any mobile browser.
Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.