On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Ray <rcarl...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > At 15:01 24/05/2010 +0100, you wrote: >>On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Ray <rcarl...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> > am having trouble with a new install of freedos printing to a parallel >> > printer - previously it work ok but after a new computer was installed >> > we have no access to printer - the mainboard is a gigabyte am3 with no >> > onboard lpt port - a 3rd party lpt card was installed prior to >> > installing freedos - >> > >> > the database was transfered in toto from the old computer as we had >> > done previously with no effect on printing capability [previous >> > computer has onboard lpt port >> > >> > is it that the addin 3rd party lpt card is not usable by freedos >> >>It should work. Do you have any basic DOS diagnostics like MSD or >>Quarterdeck's MFT? It might be worth checking that the add-in card is >>on LPT1: - it is possible it's on LPT2: or LPT3: instead. >> >>-- >>Liam Proven > > thanks liam > i am onsite again in the morning to check it out further > its a plain install of freedos + the proprietary database the system is > running > no diags available except ultimate boot cd, tuff pro on cd
I'd suggest downloading some & putting them on disk to take with you, in that case! > so 3rd party card should be visible in bios?? Probably not, although it might display if a parallel port has been found. But there may be relevant settings - such as setting PnP off, and checking if anything else is reserving the resources for LPT1: (IRQ 7, I/O 0x378, if I remember correctly.) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
