Re: IEEE printing from Vice PET

Hi Spiro, and thanks for your reply!

I was hoping for a simple obvious answer; let me look into it a bit more to see what's what and I'll get back to you.

Thanks again,

m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spiro Trikaliotis" <ml-cbmhackers@trikaliotis.net>
To: <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: IEEE printing from Vice PET


> Hello Mike,
> 
> * On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 02:37:17PM -0400 Mike Stein wrote:
>> I'm trying to assemble some CBM source using the original Commodore
>> Assembler Development Package for the PET and the PET emulation in
>> Vice, but I'm having trouble printing via the emulated IEEE-488 port
>> (i.e. no print file is created AFAIK). The assembler also has an
>> option to print not using IEEE but I haven't had any luck with that
>> either.
>> 
>> Does printing from a PET via the IEEE-488 port work correctly in Vice
>> (WinVICE-3.1-x86) and if so, what do I need to know/do to make it
>> work?
> 
> I did not check this, but I believe I remember that printing on (serial)
> IEC devices was a little bit picky, and I expect it to be picky for the
> (parallel) IEEE devices, too.
> 
> Do you know this ticket:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/vice-emu/bugs/517/
> 
> There is a step by step for doing it on the IEC device. However, it did
> not work, and I am almost sure that it is because the OP did not close
> the output. That is, he is missing the
> 
> PRINT#1
> CLOSE 1
> 
> sequence.
> 
> The PRINT#1 creates the UNLISTEN, which is a signal for VICE that the
> data is complete. The CLOSE 1 might not be neccessary.
> 
> 
> If it does not work, can you give a complete example on what you are
> doing, and the exact steps to reproduce it?
> 
> Regards,
> Spiro.
> 
> -- 
> Spiro R. Trikaliotis
> http://www.trikaliotis.net/
>