Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] PCI PARALLEL PORT CARDS FOR DOS CONTROLLER SOFTWARE???????

Have you ever considered running Freedos as an operatiing system? It might be
a solution and it is unencumbered with licensing, comes fully loaded with
modern enhancements, like editors, packet driver, cdrom driver, etc. I use it
on all my dos control programs - works great. For a clean install run Dban on
the hard disk first to delete everyting.
cheers,
Denis

On Tuesday 29 April 2008 11:21:06 Peter Reilley wrote:
> There may be a problem with DOS or Win95 and plug-in PCI parallel
> port cards. I suspect that DOS and Win95 will assume that the port is
> at address 0x378 for the primary port and 0x278 for the secondary port.
> No PCI cards can exist at these addresses. The built in parallel port
> is at the standard address.
>
> In those days applications often wrote directly to the parallel port
> addresses
> without using a device driver. Unless the application allows you to enter
> any
> address for the parallel port then you will be out of luck using PCI.
>
> If you need a second parallel port then you are not completely screwed,
> they do still make systems with both PCI and ISA slots. They may be
> a little hard to find but they do exist.
>
> Pete.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David L. Foreman
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] PCI PARALLEL PORT CARDS FOR DOS CONTROLLER
> SOFTWARE???????
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mycncworld" <mycncworld@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:22 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] PCI PARALLEL PORT CARDS FOR DOS
> CONTROLLER SOFTWARE???????
>
> > Hi all.... I am really having a hard time finding pci
> > parallel port
> > card that are compatable with DOS or Win95 operating
> > systems, I am
> > currently using Microsystems controller software (old but
> > good) and
> > need to update my computer, which uses ISA type parallel
> > ports, but I
> > need a faster computer and it will have PCI slots.......
> > any help with
> > this is appreciated!
> >
> > Russ
>
> Russ
> Here are two URIs to SIIG for serial and parallel cards.
> they have both PCI and PC Express cards
>
> >http://www.siig.com/ViewProductList.aspx?catid=249<
>
> is for serial cards.
>
> >http://www.siig.com/ViewProductList.aspx?catid=363<
>
> is for parallel cards.
>
> >http://www.siig.com/<
>
> is the home page.
>
> I have used SIIG card for several years and had no problems
> with them.
>
> Dave Foreman