
But printed reports to LPT2, which does happen to close after each report, sometimes pause mid-page while the database is being searched - a timeout here will cause undesired page breaks. Since the line-printer output on LPT1 never gets closed, I need a timeout for that port. Central-1, which runs from a network share mapped to a drive letter, uses LPT1 for live line-printer logs and LPT2 for printed reports. The only major shortcoming I found with vDos was its handling of LPT output. VDos works almost perfectly with Clipper-based server/client software called MKS Micro Key Central-1, at least when running as a client (the server instance requires an LPT dongle or dongle emulator).
