ansi.sys question 1

[mscallisto]

I have an ancient PC connected to a Telephone PBX switch, it acts as my command console.

The OS is win95 but the PC needs to be run in DOS mode to talk to the PBX via com1.

The PBX talks in ANSI mode and in my config.sys I had the device=ansi.sys entry.

I built a newer PC using win2k as the OS and added the ansi.sys to the config.sys file.

The symtoms I get looks like the ansi.sys is not being loaded. How can I tell if ansi.sys is being loaded?

Any thoughts welcome.

 

[TonHu]

Just found this thread (thread438-681273), maybe it helps?

HTH
TonHu

 

[mscallisto]

Thanks TonHu, That's close but not exactly what I need.

The forcedos forces an app to tun in the dos level.

I don't have any problems running the app in DOS, its the device=ansi.sys that I need.

 

[bcastner]

I inserted the line device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys in the
...WINNT\system32\config.nt file

But whether it will handle all the fancy cursor movements and color changes is for you to test.

See:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=f644982f13ba5edf&rnum=2

 

[h5n1]

most telnet servers uses ansi emulation....setup a telnet test server with 1 pc and use yours to telnet in and see...

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everything in life is a learning experience.....everything.......

 

[mscallisto]

Thanks bcastner...

Worked like a charm, I'm talking to my PBX again.

I do have one more question on the same topic.

There is a very old line printer (1992 model) that prints changes as they are being made to the PBX.

I tried C:\> print log.txt and got "unable to initialize the device".

The printer works fine when plugged back into the old PC.

I'm guessing it's a driver issue and realize there will propably never be W2k drivers for a 12 year old printer.

Do you remember how to direct all prints to a file so I can retire the old printer?

 

[mscallisto]

Actually I have a lead for the printer..I'm enabling legacy PnP detection in device manager and trying combinations of PnP on / off in bios with lpt1 port enabled (was set to auto)

 

[TonHu]

For catching printer output to a file, we used to have a thingy called PRN2FILE, but I haven't ever used in on a NT based Windows, so I'm not sure it could work on W2K.

Is, btw, the printer connected to the parallel port, or is a serial port used? If the latter is the case, some MODE commands could be enough to get it going again.

HTH
TonHu

 

[mscallisto]

I found out that w2k sets LPT1 to "auto" and when it's set to "enabled" in bios all is well. The printer prints.