Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi Ralf and Marlon, to fill in on the historical details: >>> The first line looks like this: >> ... 0040: [8 not displayed bytes] then ... >> >>> -78 03 00 00 00 00 C0 9E >> This means that you have only one printer port: 378. >> The other two ports are 0 (not installed) and after >> that,

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

On 10/12/2015 8:16 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > I see a few possibilities: Port 378 is on the mainboard and the PCI > card does not have the printer port active, port 378 is on the PCI > card but the BIOS does not use it because there was no printer port > without that card or the PCI card printer

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi Marlon, > Hi, I boot freedos (which is installed in a partition of the hard drive). > I type debug, then I type d 40:8 > > The first line looks like this: ... 0040: [8 not displayed bytes] then ... > -78 03 00 00 00 00 C0 9E This means that you have only one printer port: 378. The

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi, On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 4:06 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > > Hey, so I tried RUFUS (which only runs in windows, right?). Yes, only Windows host for creator .EXE, according to the FAQ. (No direct mentions of WINE.) > I used fd11src.iso Good. > Upon booting from the flash

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

On 10/11/2015 5:27 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Marlon, > >> Hi, I boot freedos (which is installed in a partition of the hard drive). >> I type debug, then I type d 40:8 >> >> The first line looks like this: > ... 0040: [8 not displayed bytes] then ... > >> -78 03 00 00 00 00 C0 9E > This means

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Yes it is possible by various methods. Rufus is one. If perchance you have a linux installation then you can download the iso and copy it to a flash drive via the dd method. I have also used the following method: http://www.chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/ You can download the iso and

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

"Which Windows version? ("winver") Or did you already mention that in a previous email?" --- It's Windows 7, 32 bit "I can't imagine why not. Are you trying to access a physical CD at the same time? So you're trying to install "from" USB (but presumably read .ZIP packages from CD)??" --- That

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi, On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > > "Which Windows version? ("winver") Or did you already mention that in a > previous email?" > > --- It's Windows 7, 32 bit Okay, so you do have (limited) NTVDM, but that won't really help you here (except as host OS for

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hello! "How many OSes are you trying to have installed on the same device? Anything with multiple OSes needs extra (complicated) work. The easiest install is where DOS is the only OS. In that case, you only need a bootable, active FAT partition. That means you need to create it with fdisk,

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi, On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > > In the meantime, can somebody please give me a straight answer once and for > all: > > 1. Is it or is it not possible to install freedos in a partition of a hard > drive by using a flash drive (instead of a CD)? If

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Sorry for the late response guys. Hope you'll be patient with me as I am not as skilled as you are. "So if you have a program that works only with LPT1 (and not with a hard coded base port address!) will use what ever address is put into 0040:0008. You can change that address to match what your

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi Marlon / Kaye, to use DEBUG to change what is LPT1, you put the I/O port at some memory location (378 for LPT1, 278 for LPT2, 3bc for LPT3) which you can do for example like this: debug d 40:08 l 6 This shows you the current settings, e.g. 78 03 78 02 00 00 if you have LPT1 and LPT2

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

On 9/28/2015 9:31 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > Sorry for the late response guys. Hope you'll be patient with me as I > am not as skilled as you are. > > "So if you have a program that works only with LPT1 (and not with a hard > coded base port address!) will use what ever address is put into >

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

On 9/28/2015 10:20 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Marlon / Kaye, > > to use DEBUG to change what is LPT1, you put the I/O port at > some memory location (378 for LPT1, 278 for LPT2, 3bc for LPT3) > which you can do for example like this: > > debug > d 40:08 l 6 > > This shows you the current settings,

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi! The fact that your PCI card also contains 2 serial ports does not influence which of LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3 it provides. However, you already have a printer port on your mainboard, it seems from your BIOS settings. You could either connect the printer there or disable THAT port in your BIOS

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

On 9/20/2015 10:21 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > I forgot to mention. The pci parallel expansion is a 3-in-1. It has > one parallel, and two serial (I think). Could this be the reason why > the computer sees it as LPT3? If so, how do I change it to LPT1? I > can't see anything in BIOS that would

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

I forgot to mention. The pci parallel expansion is a 3-in-1. It has one parallel, and two serial (I think). Could this be the reason why the computer sees it as LPT3? If so, how do I change it to LPT1? I can't see anything in BIOS that would allow me to do that (?). I've also read about CMOS

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi guys! First of all, what am I missing here? I don't get any of your responses in my email. Should I not be receiving emails when someone responds to my post? My apologies if this would make it a new thread, I don't know how else to follow up on your responses! Anyway, I will try some of your

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

On 9/19/2015 11:11 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > Hi guys! First of all, what am I missing here? I don't get any of your > responses in my email. Should I not be receiving emails when someone > responds to my post? My apologies if this would make it a new thread, > I don't know how else to follow up

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

On 9/18/2015 5:15 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > Hi guys. > > I have a desktop computer with a motherboard that has a built-in > parallel port. When I boot into FreeDOS and run an old Clipper > program, the program can print just fine, without editing any system > files. It just works. > > I have

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi, On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:15 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > > Other info that may or may not be relevant: > -- I believe the installed freedos is 1.0 , not the latest. Type "dir /a:h c:\$*.*" to see the hidden "$FREEDOS.~WS" and "$FREEDOS.~BT" folders. You already have FD 1.1,

[Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi guys. I have a desktop computer with a motherboard that has a built-in parallel port. When I boot into FreeDOS and run an old Clipper program, the program can print just fine, without editing any system files. It just works. I have another desktop computer in which the parallel port is an

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Hi Marlon, > I have a desktop computer with a motherboard that has a built-in parallel > port. When I boot into FreeDOS and run an old Clipper program, the program > can print just fine, without editing any system files. It just works. > > I have another desktop computer in which the parallel

Re: [Freedos-user] trouble printing in clipper when using freedos

Your problem is probably that the paralel port on your second computer is not labeled "LPT1" You can several alternatives: 1) look in the BIOS if another LPT is available, that could happen even if you don't have a phisical connector. 2) That extension board probably has a configuration