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Re: DOS and/or GWBASIC control of LPT-1

Posted by Jeff Demand
on 2009-02-19 07:21:57 UTC
Jan,

< bootdisk.com > Grab a win98 dos boot disk and make a floppy (or maybe a
CD) to boot into DOS 7. You have to reboot but XP can stay on the hard
disk. I'm not even sure that it is possible to delete XP short of a format
or oxy/acetylene torch :-)

Jeff

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3a. DOS and/or GWBASIC control of LPT-1
> Posted by: "Jan Rowland" JanRwl@... janrwl
> Date: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:08 pm ((PST))
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>Just discovered operating systems Windows XP and newer won't allow DOS
>(Assy. code and/or GWBASIC) control of bits of the "Data Byte" (pins 2-
>9)of the Parallel Port, now not available on "new" PC's, anyway. This
>precludes operation of my home-brew stuff that did just fine with an
>older Compaq, which died.
>
>Have a newer HP with Win.XP. ANY way to "fool" it into controlling the
>LPT-1 via DOS apps? I hate to DELETE the Win.XP and load (only) MSDOS
>and GWBASIC. Not even sure if that'd work!
>
>Help, please? Jan Rowland
>


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