On October 13, Jim Sullivan W7EJ posted a terrific link here to
http://www.direct-io.com/
The drivers available there make it possible to access LPT ports under Win2K
and, I gather, XP also. Jim's message covers everything in great detail.
(I've not tried this myself, but am keeping it on file for post-upgrade
time.)
Just thought I'd post this pointer to spare others a long search through
the archives -- Jim Sullivan's subject line on 10/13/01 was
"[WriteLog] WIN2K, WINNT, WINXP parallel ports for WL"
Jon K1US
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Thorne" <rthorne@tcac.net>
To: "Jim Reisert" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: "Phil Levin W2GE" <w2ge@home.com>; "DX4WIN reflector" <dx4win@qth.net>;
<writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: 5.02 and XP home upgrade?
> Jim:
>
> I have a machine with XP (home version). When I bring up Writelog and go
into
> ports, the lpt options are 'greyed out' and cannot even be selected.
>
> Jim Reisert wrote:
>
> > WinXP Pro is running great for me using 5.03. I really enjoy the
stability
> > compared to Windows 9x.
> >
> > I wonder if the LPT port still works? I never really used it anyway,
but
> > WriteLog does NOT support LPT keying under the Windows NT types of
> > operating systems (this includes Windows 2K and may or may not include
> > Windows XP). I don't know if Win2K is more 98-like or more NT-link in
this
> > regard. I also don't know if DX4WIN has the same limitations as
WriteLog
> > does.
> >
> > - Jim
> >
> > At 08:33 PM 10/30/2001 -0500, Phil Levin W2GE wrote:
> >
> > >Subject just about says it all. I purchased XP home upgrade and am
> > >thinking
> > >about taking the plunge!!! :eek:
> > >
> > >Anyone have any experience with this and any known problems with DX4WIN
> > >(I'm
> > >using v5.02)??
> >
> > --
> > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
> > USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
> >
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> Rich Thorne
> ARS: N5ZC
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