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Both Patrick Collins of Softsolve Computer Systems and Jonathan Bird of Argyle Fabrics asked the same question recently - "How can one change from LPT1 to LPT2 from within RBASIC?".

The solution to this is straightforward, and covered already (albeit indirectly) in REVMEDIA 6:4. RevTech also referred me back to SETPTR.

As previously documented, the SETPTR routine redirects printer i/o to a nominated file. To DOS, LPT1 and LPT2 are reserved filenames and to all intents and purposes can be treated as files. Thus to change to LPT2 simply

and to change back to LPT1,