"Dr. Imre Bartfai" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I must retire. I checked and it seems really so, that PRINT itself does
> not use the IRQ of the printer. The following statement has deceived me:
> "IRQ 7 [ ... means] data request on LPT1" from Helppc. It seemed logical
> for me...
> Sorry again.
> Imre

You guys have it all wrong. This is what really happens :

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the interrupt controller has a reason to report,
And the packet for your printer has no paper tray to sort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error and will abort.

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