More than 3 LPTs?
Hello, I'm new to DOSEMU, question ...
Is there any way to use more than 3 LPTx ports?
I have a DOS application that needs lots of printers. This worked back when we actually run it under DOS and it works under Win98 now. (Tho I realize having that many printer ports is not really a common thing.) I'm trying to get this client upgraded to Linux.
Any help appreciated,
Michael
Quoted 1 line · Michael Hipp
Is there any way to use more than 3 LPTx ports?
No. The BIOS (any BIOS, except the 8088 which has 4) doesn't support more than 3.
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I have a DOS application that needs lots of printers. This worked back when we actually run it under DOS and it works under Win98 now. (Tho I realize having that many printer ports is not really a common thing.)
I'm not sure what LPTx you're talking about here. Isn't it a network printer? LPT5 does simply not exist -- and I wouldn't know which parallel port it would use from DOS' point of view...
If the printer works like a file then you could just try to link to it on an lredir'ed drive in Linux (printer would be d:\printer.foo or something like that).
Bart
Quoted 10 lines · Bart Oldeman
Quoted 1 line · Michael Hipp
Is there any way to use more than 3 LPTx ports?
No. The BIOS (any BIOS, except the 8088 which has 4) doesn't support more than 3.
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I have a DOS application that needs lots of printers. This worked back when we actually run it under DOS and it works under Win98 now. (Tho I realize having that many printer ports is not really a common thing.)
I'm not sure what LPTx you're talking about here. Isn't it a network printer? LPT5 does simply not exist -- and I wouldn't know which parallel port it would use from DOS' point of view...
I probably asked my question poorly. I don't really want more "ports" (as in hardware ports), what I need are more printers (but DOS only knows about them as LPTx). And most of them would be network printers. So I guess what I'm looking for is a way to have the DOS app see more LPT ports and have them redirected to a real printer on a server somewhere.
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If the printer works like a file then you could just try to link to it on an lredir'ed drive in Linux (printer would be d:\printer.foo or something like that).
I didn't understand this part, could you elaborate a bit.
Thanks,
Michael