[Dx4win] Multiple parallel ports Discussion

J. F. Samuels k2cib at arrl.net
Thu Dec 16 13:05:16 EST 2004


1.  You can't add ISA slots to a PCI only computer.
2. There is a way in some BIOS's to define ports as legacy devices to 
prevent Windows from fooling with them.  This might work.

John, K2CIB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Giacobello" <k2xx at swva.net>
To: "Tony Lord" <tony.lord at lfpuk.co.uk>
Cc: "'Larry Gauthier (K8UT)'" <K8UT at charter.net>; <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Multiple parallel ports with DX4WIN and WindowsXP


> That explains why, when I recently upgraded my motherboard, etc. and the 
> OS to XP and installed a PCI parallel card, I couldn't use the DX4WIN CW 
> keyboard with anything other than LPT1.  The printer worked FB on LPT1
...snip 




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