Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to find the LPT1 port address from user
land under windows so FreeAmp just polls them.
elrod
Alec Bau wrote:
> 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]
> >
> >
> >
