Shareware Grab Bag/Shareware Grab Bag.iso/015/lptx.arc/LPTX.ASM

Assembly Source File | 1985-06-15 | 27KB | 1,023 lines

title LPTx : Line Printer Output Capture Routine
page    66,132
;-------------------------------------------------------------
;
;    MAIN PROGRAM    Version 3.0
;
;  (C)    Copyright 1985 by Mark DiVecchio, All Rights Reserved
;
; You may use and freely distribute this program for
; non-commercial applications.
;
; Mark C. DiVecchio
; 9067 Hillery Drive
; San Diego, CA 92126
; 619-566-6810
;-------------------------------------------------------------
; This program intercepts the BIOS interrupt 17, the line printer
; interrupt. It will redirect the output of LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3 to a disk
; file. All three redirects may be active at the same time.
;
; This version (3.0) is fully compatible with IBM's PRINT command and
; hopefully most other print spoolers. I changed the method by which
; LPTX determines if a resident copy of itself is already in memory.
;
; Calling sequence:
; lptx -1 -o <d:[pathname]filename>
;
; where -1 means redirect LPT1, -2 means redirect LPT2, -3 means redirect
;       LPT3
;       This option must appear first
;
;       -o means start the redirect to file speicfied. If rerouting
;          is already in progress for the selected line printer,
;       the old file will be closed first.
;       (If you do not specify -o but you do specify a line printer,
;       LPTx will use either the last file name that you gave when
;       you loaded LPTx or will use the file named LPTX1.LST which it
;       will create in the root directory
;       on the default drive - where x is 1, 2, or 3.)
;
;       It is not necessary that you specify the complete path name
;       for the file. LPTx opens and closes the file each time that it
;       writes out a block. If you change directories, LPTx will
;       be able to find the file because it save the complete path.
;
;    -c means close the file and send all furthur output directly to the
;       line printer.
;
; if neither option is specified, LPTx just displays the program status.
;
; note: -1, -2, and -3 are mutually exclusive
;       -o and -c are mutually exclusive
;
; examples:
;
; lptx                Displays the program status
;
; lptx ?            Displays a HELP screen
;
; lptx -1            routes LPT1 output to file named
;                LPTX1.LST on the default drive or the last
;                named file.
;
; lptx -o a:\able.xxx        routes LPT1 output to file named
;    or            a:\able.xxx. Any open redirection
; lptx a:\able.xxx        disk file for LPT1 is closed.
;
; lptx -2 b:xx.lst        routes LPT2 output to file named
;                XX.LST in the default directory
;                on drive B:. Any open redirection
;                disk file for LPT2 is closed.
;
; lptx -3 d:\ab\cd\file.lst    redirects LPT3 output to the file named
;                file.lst in the directory ab\cd on drive
;                d:.
;
; lptx -c            closes any disk files open for LPT1 and sends
;    or            the output back to the line printer
; lptx -1 -c            If no rerouting is taking place to LPT1,
;                this is    a NOP. LPT2 and LPT3 are not
;                affected.
;
; lptx -2 -c            closes any disk file open for LPT2 and
;                sends the output back to line printer.
;                if no rerouting is taking place to LPT2,
;                this is a NOP. LPT1 and LPT3 are not
;                affected.
;
; By rerouting LPT2 or LPT3 to a disk file, you can in effect have 2 or 3
; printers on your system. LPT1 can be your physical printer and you can
; have LPT2 output going to disk. When you redirect LPT2 or LPT3, LPT1 works
; normally.
;
; If you are rerouting to a diskette file, do not remove the diskette
; once the rerouting starts. I recommend rerouting to a hard disk or
; a RAM disk.
;
; If LPTx encounters any kind of error during the rerouting, it terminates
; operation and sends output back to the line printer. It does not display
; anything but beeps the speaker four times. This prevents your currently
; running program from possibly getting destroyed.
; An error on LPT1 redirect does not shut down LPT2 or LPT3 redirect.
;
; LPTx captures the int 17h interrupt vector. It may not operate correctly
; with other routines what also intercept that vector.
;
; Problems may occur with print spoolers which also take over the int 17h
; vector. You can be sure that LPTX works correctly by running LPTX after
; you have run your print spooler. LPTX will be transparent to the print
; spooler but your print spooler may not be transparent to LPTX.
; LPTX works fine with IBM's PRINT command.
;
; LPTx also captures the int 24h critical error interrupt vector. This is
; done only for the period that LPTx is using the disk. This prevents
; the generation of funny error messages in the middle of other programs
; that you may be running. (LPTx justs beeps 4 times and clears itself
; out of way if a disk error occurs).
;
; This version of LPTx can redirect all three printers to three different
; files with all 3 active at the same time.
;
; LPTx uses about 7K of memory for the resident data buffers and
; interrupt handler.
;
; If you modify or find any bugs in this program, I would appreciate
; it if you would drop me a line with the changes. Use the address
; above.
;
if1
    %out Pass 1
else
    %out Pass 2
endif
;
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
null        equ    0
off        equ    0
on        equ    1
empty        equ    0
cr        equ    13
lf        equ    10
dollar        equ    '$'
colon        equ    ':'
backslash    equ    '\'
blank        equ    ' '
dash        equ    '-'
dos_call    equ    21h
bufsize        equ    200H    ;size of DMA buffer
display_output    equ    9    ;for DOS call
def_drive    equ    19h
create_file    equ    3Ch
open_file    equ    3Dh
close_file    equ    3Eh
write_file    equ    40h
delete_file    equ    41h
lseek_file    equ    42h
def_path    equ    47h
find_file    equ    4Eh
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Macros
display    macro    msg
    mov    DX,offset msg
    mov    AH,display_output
    int    dos_call
    endm
;
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;
p_block    struc
;
; data structure - these variables are used only in the
; memory resident copy of LPTx. BX is set to point to the offset of the
; allocation of this structure for the selected LPT
;
active    db    off        ;1 = this LPTx is on, 0 = off
handle    dw    null        ;handle of disk file used by this LPT
;
; space for redirection disk file name
;
filen    db    'a:\lptx'
ptr    db    blank
    db    '.lst',null
    db    '                          '
    db    '                        '
;
sp_left    dw    empty        ;bytes left in DMA buffer for this LPT
buffer    db    bufsize dup(?)    ;data buffer for this LPT
;
p_block    ends
;
;
;
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;
subttl    Main Code
page
%out Assembling CODE Segment
cseg    segment para public 'CODE'
    assume  CS:cseg,DS:nothing,SS:nothing
;
    org    100h
lptx:    jmp    l_start
id    dw    03579h        ;unique ID for this program
;
; What follows is three allocations of the Structure p_block
; One for each line printer that we can support.
; With this, all three line printers have DMA buffers and flag
; variables.
; BX is used to point to the offset of the allocation currently in use
;
; Line printer 1
lpt1    p_block    <,,,'1'>
;
; Line printer 2
lpt2    p_block    <,,,'2'>
;
; Line printer 3
lpt3    p_block    <,,,'3'>
;
lptxe    db    7,7,7,7,dollar    ;ring bell four times
crit_flag    db    0    ;set to one if critical error occured
off_crit    dw    0    ;save old critical error address
seg_crit    dw    0
;
dosstk    db    0C80H dup(?)    ;place to save INT 21H's stack
stksav    dd    0        ;caller's stack EA
    db    64 dup('STACK   ')
stk    equ    this byte
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Interrupt handler
;
prt_int:
    cmp    DX,0F0Fh    ;my flag to detect that LPTX is
                ;already loaded and alive.
    jne    reg_call    ;This is a regular print call
    jmp    ret_ack
reg_call:            ; set up BX
    push    BX
    cmp    DX,0        ;lpt1?
    jne    chk_lpt2    ;no
    mov    BX,offset lpt1    ;offset to LPT1
    jmp    short bx_set
chk_lpt2:
    cmp    DX,1        ;lpt2?
    jne    chk_lpt3    ;no
    mov    BX,offset lpt2    ;offset to LPT2
    jmp    short bx_set
chk_lpt3:
    cmp    DX,2        ;lpt3?
    jne    ill_ptr        ;no - bad printer number
    mov    BX,offset lpt3    ;offset to LPT3
bx_set:
    cmp    CS:[BX].active,off    ;are we active?
    je    sleep        ;no
    cmp    AH,1        ;initialize call?
    je    do_nix        ;yes
    cmp    AH,2        ;status call?
    je    do_nix        ;yes
    cmp    AH,0        ;print call?
    jne    do_nix        ;no
    jmp    prt_it        ;we are active
do_nix:    mov    AH,90h        ;Ready Status
    pop    BX
    iret
;
ill_ptr:mov    AH,0
    pop    BX
    iret            ;return with error status
;
ret_ack:            ;return acknowledgement that I'm here
    mov    DX,05555h
    mov    AX,0AAAAh
    push    CS        ;now set up ES to point to the resident
    pop    ES        ; data area
    iret
;
sleep:    pop    BX        ;restore BX before we go to sleep
    db    0EAh        ;jump immediate to next handler
oldint    dd            ;address of old int 17 routine
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Start the print process
;
prt_it:    push    AX
    push    BX
    push    CX
    push    DX
    push    DS
    push    ES
    push    SI
    push    DI
    push    BP
                ; DS is used as the segment register
                ; for all data during the interrupt
;
    push    CS
    pop    DS        ;set up DS
;
    cli
    mov    SI,SS
    mov    word ptr stksav+2,SI    ;save caller's stack
    mov    SI,SP
    mov    word ptr stksav,SI
    mov    SI,CS
    mov    SS,SI            ;give me new bigger stack
    mov    SI,offset stk
    mov    SP,SI
    sti

    call    prnt            ;print the character
;
    cli
    mov    SI,word ptr stksav
    mov    SP,SI            ;restore caller's stack
    mov    SI,word ptr stksav+2
    mov    SS,SI
    sti
;
    pop    BP
    pop    DI
    pop    SI
    pop    ES
    pop    DS
    pop    DX
    pop    CX
    pop    BX
    pop    AX
    jmp    do_nix
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Critical Error Handler
;
crit_int:                ;got critical error
    mov    CS:crit_flag,on        ; set flag
    mov    AL,0            ;tells DOS to ignore the
    iret                ;error
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Print a character in AL
;
prnt    proc    near
    cmp    DS:[BX].active,off
    je    prtext            ;nothing there?
    push    AX
    cmp    DS:[BX].sp_left,bufsize    ;buffer full
    jne    intadd            ;no
    call    flush            ;yes, flush buffer
intadd:    pop    AX
    mov    DI,BX            ;offset of this printer's allocation
    add    DI,offset buffer    ;add in offset of buffer
    add    DI,DS:[BX].sp_left    ;add in current byte count
    mov    DS:[DI],AL        ;stuff it
    inc    DS:[BX].sp_left
prtext:    ret                ;done
prnt    endp
;
;    Flush print buffer to disk file
;
flush    proc    near
    cmp    DS:[BX].sp_left,empty    ;buffer non-empty?
    jne    flush_buf        ;empty, skip it
    ret                ;exit
flush_buf:
    mov    DS:[BX].sp_left,empty    ;else, reset it
;
    push    ES
    push    DS
;
;    Preserve a chunk of DOS 2.0 across int 21h
;    See PC Technical reference manual page D-7 for hint.
;    It comments that only DOS calls 0 - 12 can be safely made
;    from an interrupt handler. "Use of any other call will
;    destroy the DOS stack and will leave DOS in an
;    unpredictable state." What we do here is save and restore
;    3200 bytes of the DOS stack and restore it later. We only
;    do it for the DOS stack. If this was invoked by a user
;    program, we won't save the DOS stack or the user stack.
;    It is not necessary.
;
    mov    AX,word ptr DS:stksav+2    ;get callers stack segment
    cmp    AX,0100h        ; is it DOS?
    ja    flusha            ;no, don;t bother to save it
    mov    AX,DS            ;copy to my segment
    mov    ES,AX
    mov    AX,word ptr DS:stksav+2    ;copying from caller's stack
    mov    DS,AX
    mov    SI,0            ;offset into DOS's stack
    mov    DI,offset dosstk
    mov    CX,0C80h        ;length to save
    cld
    rep    movsb            ;copy DOS's stack
;
    pop    DS
    push    DS
;
flusha:
;
    push    AX            ;save the character
    push    BX
    push    ES
    mov    AX,3524h        ;get old critical error vector
    int    dos_call
    mov    DS:off_crit,BX
    mov    DS:seg_crit,ES
    mov    DX,offset crit_int
    mov    AX,2524h
    int    dos_call            ;trap critical error vector
    mov    DS:crit_flag,off        ;clear critical error flag
    pop    ES
    pop    BX
    pop    AX
;                    open file
    mov    DX,BX
    add    DX,offset filen        ;filename
    mov    AL,1            ;open for writing
    mov    AH,open_file
    int    dos_call
    mov    DS:[BX].handle,AX    ;file handle
    jc    flush_err        ;error
    cmp    DS:crit_flag,on        ;critical error?
    je    flush_err        ;yes
;
    push    BX
    mov    AH,lseek_file
    mov    AL,2            ;end of file
    mov    CX,0            ;offset 0
    mov    DX,0
    mov    BX,DS:[BX].handle
    int    dos_call
    pop    BX
    jc    flush_err        ;some seek error
    cmp    DS:crit_flag,on        ;critical error?
    je    flush_err        ;yes
;
    mov    CX,bufsize        ;buffer length
    mov    DX,BX            ;offset of structure allocation
    add    DX,offset buffer    ;add offset of buffer within the
                    ;    allocation
    push    BX
    mov    AH,write_file
    mov    BX,DS:[BX].handle    ;file handle
    int    dos_call        ;buffer address is DS:DX
    pop    BX
    jnc    flush_ok
    cmp    DS:crit_flag,on        ;critical error?
    je    flush_err        ;yes
    cmp    AX,bufsize        ;did DOS write it all?
    je    flush_ok        ;yes
;
flush_err:
    display lptxe            ;ring bell
    mov    DS:[BX].active,off    ;turn us off
    mov    DS:crit_flag,off    ;clear error flag
;                    ;then try to close the file
;                    ;to save what we can
flush_ok:
    push    BX
    mov    BX,DS:[BX].handle
    mov    AH,close_file        ;close the file
    int    dos_call
    pop    BX
;
flush_exit:
    pop    DS
    pop    ES
;
    push    DS
    lds    DX,dword ptr DS:off_crit
    mov    AX,2524h        ;restore critical error vector
    int    dos_call
    pop    DS
;
    mov    AX,word ptr DS:stksav+2    ;copying to DOS's workarea
    cmp    AX,100H
    ja    flushe            ;must be DOS's segment
    push    ES
    mov    ES,AX
    mov    DI,0            ;restore data areas
    mov    SI,offset dosstk
    mov    CX,0C80H        ;length to restore
    cld
    rep    movsb            ;copy DOS's stack
    pop    ES            ;restore ES
;
flushe:    ret
flush    endp
;
end_res    db    0
;
;
; This is the end of the memory resident portion of LPTx
;
;
;--------------------------------------------------------------------
;--------------------------------------------------------------------
;--------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; all following data is in the Code Segment
;
mach_type    db    0
save_psp    dw    0
DOS_version    db    0        ;Major Version Number
        db    0        ;Minor Version Number
drive        db    0        ;default drive number 0=A etc.
flag_27        db    0        ; 1=make this copy resident
wrong_dos    db    'DOS 2.0 or later required for LPTx',lf,cr,dollar

up_msg        db    'LPTx - Line Printer Redirection Program - V3.00'
        db    lf,cr,'   Copyright 1985 Mark C. DiVecchio',lf,cr
        db    dollar
resident    db    lf,cr,'Resident Portion of LPTx Loaded',lf,lf,cr
        db    dollar
lptx_err_3    db    'Could not delete file',lf,cr,dollar
lptx_over    db    cr,lf,'File already exists. Do you want to overwrite '
        db    'it? (y or n)  :$'
lptx_nc        db    'File selection canceled',cr,lf,dollar
lptx_del    db    'File is being overwritten',lf,cr,dollar
lptx_cr        db    lf,cr,dollar
lptx_bad    db    'Invalid Option',lf,cr
        db    'Calling sequence:',lf,cr
        db    'lptx {-1,-2,-3} {-c -o <d:[pathname]filename>}'
        db    lf,cr,dollar
lptx_on        db    lf,cr,'Redirection started. Disk file opened.'
        db    lf,cr,dollar
lptx_off    db    lf,cr,'Redirection ended. Disk file closed.'
        db    lf,cr,dollar
lptx_creat    db    'Could not create the disk file',lf,cr,dollar
;
; HELP screen
;
help_msg    db    lf,cr,'Calling sequence : ',lf,lf,cr
        db    'LPTX -p -f <[d:][\pathname\pathname]filename>'
        db    lf,lf,cr
        db    '    where  p = printer number : 1, 2, or 3',lf,cr
        db    '           f = function : o for open a print file'
        db    lf,cr
        db    '                          c for close a print file'
        db    lf,cr
        db    '           drive letter & pathname are optional'
        db    lf,cr
        db    '    defaults : p = 1',lf,cr
        db    '               f = o',lf,cr,dollar
;
; messages for STAT proc
;
stat_stat    db    cr,lf,'LPTx Status :',cr,lf,dollar
stat_lp        db    'lpt'
stat_ptr    db    ' : $'
stat_off    db    ' not redirected',cr,lf,dollar
stat_dir    db    ' redirected to disk file '
stat_fn        db    60 dup (blank)
;
;
yn_max        db    2    ;max # of char
yn_act        db    0
yn_in        db    2 dup (0)
;
;--------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; This is the main routine which is executed each time that LPTx is
; called. In this routine, DS points to the data segment which is
; transient. ES points to the data segment which is permanently
; resident. ES:BX points to the data structure for the selected
; line printer, 1, 2, or 3.
; The offsets are the same for both. If this is the first
; time that LPTx is run, then ES=DS.
;
l_start:
    sti        ;interrupts on
    push    DS    ;Save DS
    xor    AX,AX    ;clear AX for return IP
    push    AX    ;put 0 on stack
;
;to check for machine type look at
; F000:FFFE
;    = FF    IBM PC
;    = FE    IBM XT
;    = FD    IBM PCjr
;    = FC    IBM PC AT
;
    mov    AX,0F000h
    mov    ES,AX
    mov    BX,0FFFEh
    mov    CL,ES:[BX]    ;get machine type
    mov    mach_type,CL    ;save machine type
    mov    save_psp,DS    ;segment address of PSP
;
; get the DOS version number
; returns zero for pre DOS 2.0 releases
    mov    AH,30h
    int    dos_call    ;call DOS
    mov    word ptr DOS_version,AX
;
    cmp    DOS_version,2    ;is it DOS 2.+
    jge    dos_ok        ;yes
    display    wrong_dos    ;print error message
    mov    AH,0
    int    dos_call    ;terminate
dos_ok:
;
    mov    AH,def_drive    ;get current default drive
    int    dos_call
    mov    drive,AL    ;save the drive number
    display    up_msg        ;print program ID
;
; get old interrupt handler
;
    mov    flag_27,off    ;to not make resident
    mov    AL,17h        ;get current vector address
    mov    AH,35h
    int    dos_call
    mov    word ptr oldint,BX
    mov    word ptr oldint[2],ES    ;save it for later use
;
; are we already resident in memory?
;
    mov    DX,0F0Fh        ;check if LPTX is already resident
    mov    AX,2            ;get status
    int    17h            ;call int 17h - BIOS
    cmp    DX,5555h        ;my handler sets DX to 5555h
                    ;and sets ES
    je    in_core            ;yes - ES has segment address
    mov    flag_27,on        ;to make this copy resident
    push    CS
    pop    ES            ;set ES to CS for segment address
;
    mov    AL,drive
    add    AL,'a'            ;make it a letter
    mov    BX,offset lpt1
    mov    ES:[BX].filen,AL    ;put it into the filename
    mov    BX,offset lpt2
    mov    ES:[BX].filen,AL    ;put it into the filename
    mov    BX,offset lpt3
    mov    ES:[BX].filen,AL    ;put it into the filename
in_core:                ;ES is ok
; ----------------------------------------------------
; ES now points to resident data area
;
; set up ES:BX to point to default data structure
;
    mov    BX,offset lpt1        ;offset - default to LPT1
;
;get options and file name
;scan input line for line printer number
;
    mov    SI,81h            ;starting offset
    mov    CL,DS:80h        ;length of input line
    mov    CH,0
    cmp    CX,0            ;nothing?
    jne    inp_lp            ;no
    jmp    nor_exit        ;yes, then just display status
inp_lp:
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],'?'    ;a ?  ?
    jne    cont_scan        ;no
    jmp    help            ;yes - go show help data
cont_scan:
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],dash    ;a dash ?
    je    got_opt            ;yes
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],cr    ;a carriage return?
    je    scan_done        ;yes
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],blank    ;a blank?
    je    inp_ret            ;yes
    jmp    no_b            ;assume that we got a file name
                    ;without the -o option
inp_ret:
    inc    SI            ;ignore blanks
    loop    inp_lp            ;continue to scan
;
; scan of whole line is complete, if options were not found, we
; use defaults : LPT1 and file LPTX1.LST on the default drive.
; note : at least one option must be specified
;
scan_done:
    jmp    lptx_make        ;go create the file
;
got_opt:                ;we got an option
    inc    SI            ;to option
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],'1'    ;LPT1?
    jne    chk_2
    mov    BX,offset lpt1        ;offset from ES
    jmp    short inp_ret
chk_2:    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],'2'    ;LPT2?
    jne    chk_3
    mov    BX,offset lpt2        ;offset from ES
    jmp    short inp_ret
chk_3:    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],'3'    ;LPT3?
    jne    chk_fil
    mov    BX,offset lpt3        ;offset from ES
    jmp    short inp_ret
chk_fil:                ;is it file?
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],'o'    ;open a file
    je    file_op            ;yes
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],'c'    ;close a file
    je    file_cl            ;yes
    display    lptx_bad        ;incorrect option
    jmp    nor_ex
;
file_cl:                ;close the output file
    cmp    ES:[BX].active,on    ;are we active?
    jne    no_close        ;no
    mov    AL,1AH            ;CTRL-Z
    mov    word ptr ES:stksav+2,AX    ;do this so that prnt does
                    ;not bother to save the DOS stack
    push    DS
    push    ES
    pop    DS            ;set DS to point to resident
                    ;data segment
    call    prnt            ;print end of file mark
    call    flush            ;flush out write buffer
    pop    DS            ;restore DS
;
    mov    ES:[BX].active,off    ;make us inactive
    display lptx_off        ;redirection off message
no_close:
    jmp    nor_exit        ;nothing to close so exit
file_op:                ;open a file for output
;get the file name
    inc    SI            ;to next chracter
    cmp    byte ptr DS:[SI],blank    ;a blank?
    jne    no_b            ;no
    inc    SI            ;skip over blank
no_b:
; at this point, we have found a new file name. We close the old
; file if one was open
    cmp    ES:[BX].active,on    ;are we active?
    jne    no_cl            ;no
    mov    AL,1AH            ;CTRL-Z
    mov    word ptr ES:stksav+2,AX    ;do this so that prnt does
                    ;not bother to save the DOS stack
    push    DS
    push    ES
    pop    DS            ;set DS to point to resident
                    ;data segment
    call    prnt            ;print end of file mark
    call    flush            ;flush out write buffer
    pop    DS            ;restore DS
;
    mov    ES:[BX].active,off    ;make us inactive
    display lptx_off        ;redirection off message
no_cl:
    mov    DI,BX            ;base of structure
    add    DI,offset filen        ;add offset of destination
;
    push    SI            ;save pointer to file name
; search for a drive letter
    inc    SI            ;should point to a colon if
                    ;one is there
    cmp    byte ptr [SI],colon    ;?
    je    got_drive        ;yes
get_drive:
    mov    AL,drive        ;get drive letter
    add    AL,'a'            ;make it a letter
    mov    ES:[DI],AL        ;put it in file name
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr ES:[DI],colon    ;put in a colon
    inc    DI
    jmp    path_search
got_drive:
    pop    SI            ;move pointer back to start
    mov    AL,[SI]            ;get the given drive
    mov    ES:[DI],AL        ;move it
    sub    AL,'a'            ;make it a number
    mov    drive,AL        ;save the drive number
    inc    SI
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr ES:[DI],colon
    inc    DI
    inc    SI
    push    SI            ;save new start pointer
path_search:
; now search for a backslash which says that a pathname was given
bk_s_lp:cmp    byte ptr [SI],backslash
    je    got_path        ;a path
    cmp    byte ptr [SI],cr    ;end of the file name?
    je    get_path        ;yes with no path
    inc    SI
    jmp    short bk_s_lp            ;loop
get_path:
    mov    byte ptr ES:[DI],backslash    ;create the path
    inc    DI
    mov    DL,drive        ;the current drive
    inc    DL            ;bump it for DOS
    push    DS
    push    ES
    pop    DS            ;set up DS for DOS
    mov    SI,DI            ;set up SI for pathname
    mov    AH,def_path        ;get current directory
    int    dos_call        ;path goes into DS:SI
    pop    DS            ;restore DS
    cmp    byte ptr ES:[SI],null    ;null path?
    je    null_path        ;yes - root directory
path_lp:                ;now find the end of the string
    cmp    byte ptr ES:[SI],null    ;null byte marks end of pathname
    je    end_path        ;now append the file name
    inc    SI
    jmp    short path_lp
end_path:
    mov    byte ptr ES:[SI],backslash
    inc    SI
null_path:
    mov    DI,SI            ;DI is destination
got_path:
    pop    SI            ;restore source of filename
; pick up everything to next blank
get_lp:
    mov    AL,DS:[SI]        ;character
    mov    ES:[DI],AL        ;put it away
    cmp    AL,cr            ;was it a Carriage Return?
    je    end_line
    cmp    AL,blank        ;was it a space?
    je    end_line
    inc    SI
    inc    DI
    jmp    short get_lp        ;no so get next character
end_line:
    mov    byte ptr ES:[DI],null    ;zero out the CR or blank
                    ;at the end of the filename
                    ;it becomes an ASCIIZ string
    sub    DI,BX            ;now take out the base and
    cmp    DI,offset filen        ; make sure that we got something
    jne    lptx_make        ;file name was ok
    display lptx_creat        ;could not understand the file name
    jmp    nor_exit        ;don't stay resident
;
nor_ex:    jmp    nor_exit

lptx_make:
;
; default DTA used by Find File is set by DOS to an offset of
; 80h into this program's Program Segment Prefix
;
    push    DS
    push    ES
    pop    DS            ;uses DS:DX
    mov    DX,BX
    add    DX,offset filen        ;file name
    mov    AH,find_file
    mov    CX,0            ;normal files only
    int    dos_call        ;find first match
    pop    DS
    jnc    lptx_d            ;file was found
    jmp    lptx_create        ;not there - which is ok
;file already exists
lptx_d:    display lptx_over
    mov    DX,offset yn_max;input buffer
    mov    AH,0AH
    int    dos_call
    cmp    yn_act,0        ;anything typed?
    display    lptx_cr
    je    lptx_x            ;no - exit
    cmp    yn_in,'y'        ;a yes?
    je    lptx_d_yes        ;yes
    cmp    yn_in,'Y'        ;a yes?
    je    lptx_d_yes        ;yes
lptx_x:    display    lptx_nc
    jmp    nor_exit    ;all done if we can't overwrite
                ;see if we should abort the host
lptx_d_yes:
    display lptx_del
;
    push    DS
    push    ES
    pop    DS            ;uses DS:DX
    mov    DX,BX
    add    DX,offset filen        ;file name
    mov    AH,delete_file
    int    dos_call        ;delete file
    pop    DS
    jnc    lptx_create        ;ok its gone
    display lptx_err_3        ;can't delete it
    jmp    nor_exit
;
;
lptx_create:
;
; create the file
    push    DS
    push    ES
    pop    DS            ;uses DS:DX
    mov    DX,BX            ;base of this LPT's structure
    add    DX,offset filen        ;file name
    mov    AH,create_file
    mov    CX,0            ;normal files only
    int    dos_call            ;find first match
    pop    DS
    jnc    creat_ok
    display lptx_creat        ;could not create the file
    jmp    nor_exit        ;don't stay resident
;
creat_ok:                ;now close the file
    push    BX
    mov    BX,AX            ;AX was loaded by the create file
                    ;    call
    mov    AH,close_file        ;close the file
    int    dos_call
    pop    BX
;
    display    lptx_on
; set the program up for writing
    mov    ES:[BX].sp_left,empty    ;set buffer empty
    mov    ES:[BX].active,on    ;set us on
;
    cmp    flag_27,on        ;make this one resident?
    jne    nor_exit        ;no
;
; Now set LPTX up as the new int 17h interrupt handler
;
    mov    AH,25h            ;set interrupt vector
    mov    AL,17h            ;BIOS printer
    mov    DX,offset prt_int
    int    dos_call
    display resident        ;resident loaded message
    call    stat            ;display status
    mov    DX,offset end_res
    int    27h            ;terminate but stay resident
;
; HELP printer
;
help:    display    help_msg        ;display the HELP screen
    jmp    short nor_exit
;
; Normal exit for transient copy of LPTX
;
nor_exit:
    call    stat            ;display status
    mov    AH,0
    int    dos_call        ;terminate
;------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; displays the status of each of the three line printers
;
stat    proc    near
; display each LPTx with a message "not redirected"
;            or redirected to <filename>
    display    stat_stat
stat_1:
    mov    BX,offset lpt1        ;first printer
    mov    stat_ptr,'1'
    display    stat_lp
    cmp    ES:[BX].active,on    ;are we active?
    je    stat_1_a        ;yes
    display stat_off
    jmp    short stat_2
stat_1_a:
    mov    SI,BX            ;base
    add    SI,offset filen        ;offset
    mov    DI,offset stat_fn
stat_1_lp:
    mov    AL,ES:[SI]
    mov    [DI],AL
    inc    SI
    inc    DI
    cmp    AL,null            ;loop till a null byte is found
    jne    stat_1_lp
    mov    byte ptr [DI],cr
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr [DI],lf
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr [DI],dollar
    display stat_dir        ;display file name
;
stat_2:
    mov    BX,offset lpt2        ;second printer
    mov    stat_ptr,'2'
    display    stat_lp
    cmp    ES:[BX].active,on    ;are we active?
    je    stat_2_a        ;yes
    display stat_off
    jmp    short stat_3
stat_2_a:
    mov    SI,BX            ;base
    add    SI,offset filen        ;offset
    mov    DI,offset stat_fn
stat_2_lp:
    mov    AL,ES:[SI]
    mov    [DI],AL
    inc    SI
    inc    DI
    cmp    AL,null            ;loop till a null byte is found
    jne    stat_2_lp
    mov    byte ptr [DI],cr
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr [DI],lf
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr [DI],dollar
    display stat_dir        ;display file name
;
stat_3:
    mov    BX,offset lpt3        ;third printer
    mov    stat_ptr,'3'
    display    stat_lp
    cmp    ES:[BX].active,on    ;are we active?
    je    stat_3_a        ;yes
    display stat_off
    jmp    short stat_done
stat_3_a:
    mov    SI,BX            ;base
    add    SI,offset filen        ;offset
    mov    DI,offset stat_fn
stat_3_lp:
    mov    AL,ES:[SI]
    mov    [DI],AL
    inc    SI
    inc    DI
    cmp    AL,null            ;loop till a null byte is found
    jne    stat_3_lp
    mov    byte ptr [DI],cr
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr [DI],lf
    inc    DI
    mov    byte ptr [DI],dollar
    display stat_dir        ;display file name
;
stat_done:
    ret
stat    endp
;
cseg    ends
%out EOF
    end    lptx