From:	senelson AT yahoo DOT com (naniboujou)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Stuck with buffered I/O when using biosprint with Windows 2000
Date:	30 Jan 2003 10:34:36 -0800
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I want to use the low level "biosprint()" control of the printer port
with Windows 2000. It looks like calling the function with command 0
to write data results in a buffered transfer. The only ways I have
discovered to actually move it to the port are: (1)Exit from the
Command window altogether, or (2)Execute a port reset (command 1). I
obviously don't want to do (1), because I have further interaction
with the port in mind after the write. If I try approach (2) and
excecute a port reset after every data transfer, one or more
additional strobes with unwanted data are also sent out and are
unexpectedly captured by my external hardware. Is there a way to flush
this port buffer, and not mess up my intended data stream? Or should I
be using some other form of low level I/O to the printer port?

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