Re: Ancient SCO Unix Question

Bill Vermillion wrote:
In article <_NCwg.66872$9c6.24747@dukeread11>,
Rob Steinmetz <rnotsteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bill Vermillion wrote:
In article <mNvwg.66864$9c6.45282@dukeread11>,
Rob Steinmetz <rnotsteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bill Campbell wrote:
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006, Rob Steinmetz wrote:
I have been asked to convert an application from SCO Unix Open Desktop 3.0 to a more modern platform.
I don't remember an OpenDesktop 3.0, 2.0 yes.
I was wrong, according to the login in screen it is Open Server 3.O

>from the /usr/adm/messages I get
SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2v4.2 Operating System

What's the output of ``uname -X''?
Release = 3.2v4.2
KernelID = 93/04/28
Machine = i80486
BusType = ISA

I omitted some specific identification stuff.

...
I have confirmed that the lpd target server works. I have Linux and Windows clients printing properly to it. The print requests seem to be stuck in the printer spool on the SCO server. TCP/IP connections seem to work including sort of cating files to port 515 and getting something to come out of the printer.

The problem seems to be getting print request from the lpd spool directory to the lpd daemon.
SCO's earlier attempts at network printing left something to be
desired. My solution has been to write my own printer interface
scripts using netcat to deliver the print jobs, bypassing SCO's
mechanism (and I hate the Berserkley lpd interface in any case ;-).
Unfortunately, unless I can find a precompiled netcat binary
which will work that's not really and option. There is no
Development System.
http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl/sco/lp

I've used it a lot. From my POV it's the only decent way to
handle IP printing.

Bill
That link seems to be redirected. Possibly because it was obsolete?

It was there yesterday when I posted that. Since I looked it up on
another session I may have mis-typed it.

I see what I did. It is not 'www' but 'members'.

Use the link of
http://www.learnbydestroying.com, and you'll be taken to the cruzio.com site, and the use the sublink sco/lp.

I don't see a link to the 'lp' subdirectory, so be sure
to type sco/lp. I juet checked again. Anf forgive my error in posting 'www'.

You should also be able to get the same files from
http://www.pcunix.com

Bill
Thanks,

I think the correct url is http://members.cruzio.com/~jeffl/sco/lp/
That seems to be the directory with all of the good stuff.

--
Rob
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