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PilotPirx

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Posted: 06:50am 22 Oct 2026
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Hello,
Is it possible with MMBasic to redirect text output, such as OPTION LIST, to a COM port? (PRINT #1)?
I have a printer connected to COM1 and would like to print OPTION LIST.
 
Mixtel90

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Posted: 10:12am 22 Oct 2026
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I don't know, it's not something I've ever wanted to do. I can't think of a way to do it directly from the Pico. OPTION LIST is a console command and displays on the console. Anything that is normally sent to a COM port is from the user's program.
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PilotPirx

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Posted: 12:18pm 22 Oct 2026
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I can print a screen dump, but then I have too much white space on the printout.
 
Martin H.

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Posted: 12:29pm 22 Oct 2026
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how about

option console serial


  Quote  OPTION CONSOLE output
Specifies where print statements will output. Valid settings are BOTH (i.e.
SCREEN and SERIAL), SERIAL, SCREEN, NONE. This is a temporary
option that is reset when a program exits.

Edited 2026-10-22 22:30 by Martin H.
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Volhout

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  PilotPirx said  I can print a screen dump, but then I have too much white space on the printout.


Maybe I my memory is confused, but before the WYSIWYG age printing ALWAYS wasted paper before you got it right.
Apple fixed it with the MAC, and soon after that Windows.

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ville56
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Posted: 01:02pm 22 Oct 2026
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PilotPirx,

you could try MMCC start/end capture. Everything that prints to the serial console can be captured and processed later, no matter how long the output is (more or less). Very handy IMHO and often used to  document output.

Gerald
                                                                 
73 de OE1HGA, Gerald
 
PilotPirx

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Posted: 01:03pm 22 Oct 2026
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"option console serial" uses COM3, but i use COM1.
You can redirect it with OPTION CONSOLE PORT 1, but this causes a reset and its permanent. Thats not a good solution.
 
PilotPirx

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  Quote  Maybe I my memory is confused, but before the WYSIWYG age printing ALWAYS wasted paper before you got it right.

That's true...
 
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