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> Using USB-to-parallel-adapters does not work, and finding motherboards with parallel ports has become rather difficult. :-| These won't work either? https:/
by 394549 8y ago
> Using USB-to-parallel-adapters does not work, and finding motherboards with parallel ports has become rather difficult. :-|
These won't work either?
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158148 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681515...
- ksk 8y agoHmm, the software could be hardcoded to LPT1. Most mobos still have the port on the chipset, they just don't have the headers. Not sure if you can re-assign LPT3 to LPT1..
- krylon 8y agoThe software runs on MS-DOS, I assume it is hardcoded to use LPT1.
- cesarb 8y agoIf it runs on MS-DOS, it most probably isn't hardcoded to use "LPT1" (the DOS device), but instead is hardcoded to use the exact I/O port and IRQ normally assigned to LPT1 (according to Wikipedia, I/O port 0x378 and IRQ 7). Other than filesystem and disk access, software running on MS-DOS nearly always accessed the hardware directly.
- krylon 8y agoI just found out that the piece in software is being rewritten from scratch (since the original vendor has gone out of business long ago). And since the new version is written by a contractor on behalf of the customer, it will not require a dongle or anything like that.