Re: stepless in New Jersey

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "turbulatordude" <davemucha@j...> wrote:

> I think you might be on to something there. I tried to access the
> CMOS but Compac has some odd way to get there. not the typical
> delete key on boot.
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> Dave
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Dave: Most PC's in the free world have their parallel port addressed
at h378 (hex 378). This is the PC standard for LPT1. In older boxes
the PC uses interrupt 7 for this port. I don't remeber on the compaq
but most machines go through a POST (power on self test) and report
things like parallel and serial ports. Hit the Pause/Break key if
the display goes by too fast. If you can hook it to a printer and get
it to print then the port is okay. You can print from DOS to the
port by doing a COPY [filename] TO LPT1 where filename is a text file
(small).Setup TurboCNC for that port and you should be configured
correctly.