Re: Booting into DOS + parallel port dongle

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On Apr 8, 1:40 am, "Twayne" <nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
paolorica...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a DOS compiler which requires a parallel port dongle to allow
it to operate. i know that XP will not allow access to the parallel
port.

If I boot into DOS (using a DOS boot disk) - thus avoiding XP
altogether - I presume that the dongle will be recognised and I will
be able touse the compiler.

Is my assumption correct?

Thanks

I'd say the best thing for you to do would be to try it and see.  It's
not going to hurt anything.  Otherwise you're likely to get a variety of
answers here, probably not as applicable as you'd like them to be.

There some caveats of course:
   Actual DOS can not read NTFS drives, so unless you already have a FAT
partition, you will have to create one. That's probably your biggest
stumbling block unless you are already familiar with how to do that. Of,
if it has the means to access NTFS as part of the program; I doubt it.

Whether it will be able to access the parallel port or not depends on
how it tries to access it.  IFF the program is XP aware at all, or NTFS
aware, then it might work.

Have you tried installing it and then setting XP's compatability mode to
win98 or win95?  What operating systems is it designed to work on?  It's
a long shot, but it might work in one of the compatability modes.  But
... if it's a DOS-only program, you may still need to create a FAT
partition for it to work in.

If you understand how to accomplish the above, you might have a chance
to get it going.  If not, I have a feeling you won't do well.

If you come back, try giving some specs on the program AND your machine;
you actually provided nothing concrete to work with.

HTH,

Twayne

Twayne and Al Falfa: the compiler can produce applications for DOS,
Windows (3.0 and up but not NT/XP) and OS/2 so I guess Win 95
compatibility mode is worth a try.

I'm a bit hazy about the FAT partition bit. My C:\ drive is the
primary partition NTFS formatted. On the same physical disk is a D:\
drive logical partition, FAT32 formatted.

Presumably if I booted from DOS, then the D:\ drive would be 'seen' by
DOS as the C:\ drive (since DOS can't 'see' NTFS drives.) Is that
correct? And would this count as a FAT partition for it to work?

Thanks
.

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