I figured this out. My ThinkPad laptop has unusual LPT1 port address 0x3BC instead of
usual 0x378. FreeAmp correctly resolves LPT1
to the physical address or simply pings each of available parallel ports until Rio
responds. That's a nice feature that should be
adopted by other Rio shell programs.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alec Bau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 9:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: HELP: Rio & NT
>
>
> Folks, please help!
>
> I'm new to Rio and trying to use it on NT since I don't have access to Win9x
> PCs. No matter what I try only FreeAmp's "Save To Rio" works fine. But I
> wish I have more than saving a playlist like getting a list, selective
> erase, etc. I was using following apps on the same PC as FreeAmp with the
> same Rio with or without NT reboot and disabling or enabling "PARPORT" and
> related services ("Parallel", etc.) in NT "Devices":
>
> 1. SBA - On start always reports "Device not found" and dies. If I disable
> its RioIo driver in "Devices" it says "CreateFile failed. Reason 2".
> 2. RioGeo - On start crashes with GPA,
> 3. RioExplorer - On start pops "Invalid checksum of directory. Initializing
> is recommended" message then starts and shows garbage as Rio directory.
> Initialize, Upload File To Rio and Delete File commands work but produce
> same error message. After upload directory display continues to show garbage
> or wrong file names.
> 4. Brazil - Shows "No Rio connected or Rio switched of" and does nothing.
> 5. RioShell - Can't try since download from the web is disabled for the time
> being.
> 6. FreeAmp - As I said works like a champ even with Rio, Zip and printer
> hooked on the same port and all NT parallel port services enabled.
>
> Any ideas? I'll appreciate any help.
> Thanks,
> Alec Bau
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
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