Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: parallel port finally obsolete?

Maybe it's ME who is obsolete, but I had been using "Pre-Windows-Vista"
PC's (Win.98 and earlier), to drive home-brew CNC gear (X-Y plotter I built,
and HOPE to use again, in the office!). But the "old" PC that came with
Win.98 died, and the "spare" I had with a PUP "came with" Windows XP, and it
will NOT drive "my machine" via the parallel port, though it WILL PRINT via
that PUP.

Is there a "status" line or the like on the PUP (other than the 8
data-bits, and 8 "ground" pins) that I might "pull up" (hardwire?), or "ground"
which will make it possible to turn the PUP data-byte pins on or off via DOS as
I had BEEN doing with earlier PC's? Thanks! Jan Rowland

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