Terminal and printer on 1 modem

Tony Holden tony at killer.DALLAS.TX.US
Fri Dec 23 01:53:28 AEST 1988


in article <178 at loft386.UUCP>, sdg at loft386.UUCP (Steve Goodrich) says:
> 
> Therefore, I'd like to solicit your help:  you've seen my problem.  Can 
> you help me find a way to get her a terminal and a printer at home with
> only one modem?  I'll take all the help I can get.

One way of doing this is to create a lp script that locks the keyboard (if
you can't keep her from touching it) and then send the reports out the AUX
port on the terminal.  Nearly all terminal have a AUX port and codes to
send data out thru them.

Tony Holden
tony at killer.dallas.tx.us



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