On 2020-11-01 12:39, Doug McGarrett wrote:
>> I don't think it's originally a windows term.
It's actually "LPT
>> #1", similar to the following "Serial Port #1". "LPT"
stands for
>> "line printer" for those of us old enough to remember when printers
>> could only do lines of text.
>
> I wonder what it was called back in the UNIX days?
According to The Waite Group's UNIX Primer Plus, Second Edition, it was
called lpr, for line printer.
--doug
That would explain things!