Re: Using Paralel port - solved

Alain M.
2007-10-16T23:55:16Z

Solved! a comma was missing in the range command...

Sorry to bother. There must be an universal law that states that within
2 minutes that you post a question you find the answer yourself...

Thanks,
Alain

Alain M. escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> How do I use the paralel port (direct hardware access)??
>
> I have this in my ~/.dosemu/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf:
> $_ports = "device /dev/parport0 fast range 0x378 0x37a"
> $_lpt1 = ""
> $_lpt2 = ""
> $_lpt3 = ""
>
> I call Dosemu like this:
> dosemu -X -s -f ~/.dosemu/dosemu.conf
>
> I added this to /etc/dosemu/dosemu.users
> alain c_all
>
> NOTE that:
> - the device /dev/parport0 and range I got from 'cat /proc/ioports'
> - VMware uses the same device
> - even with VMware running and using the device, no error is reported on
> the console
>
> Please help :(
> Alain
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