I've added a double parallel pci card to a new Dell Dimension 8300
running XP and its been flaky at best. Even the internal parallel port
works intermittantly. Nothing to do with any applications. Must be
uSoft's way to ween us from things that used to work great!
Gary - WB4SQ
--- "Wayne Wright, W5XD" <w5xd@writelog.com> wrote:
> I read through most postings on the writelog reflector daily and I
> understand how not everyone would be happy with the way WriteLog
> supports
> the LPT ports, especially on Windows XP. But I have not chosen to
> invest
> any time changing WL to address those particular requests, even
> though it
> is possible.
>
> There IS a solution that works well on Windows XP, but its $29.00:
> http://www.direct-io.com. The freeware UserPort described at
> http://www.writelog.com/support.htm is not reliable in the sense that
> it
> doesn't appear to work on all possible XP systems, but, on the other
> hand,
> I have yet to hear of anyone installing direct-io and failing to make
> it
> work with WriteLog. I have updated the WriteLog support web page to
> reflect this information.
>
> Its OK, of course, to request that WriteLog do what direct-io does
> (reliably support LPT output on Windows XP),and its OK to request
> that
> WriteLog do that at no extra charge. But its also OK for me to
> decline,
> which I do. Why would I do something stupid like decline to do what
> customers obviously demand? It comes down the fact that I don't have
> time
> to accomplish everything that everyone in my life would like for me
> to do,
> and I am willing to accept the lost customers for whom $29.00 is
> unreasonable. I do recognize that lack of information has caused some
> customers to lose something probably even more valuable--their
> time--trying to make LPT ports work. I have updated the web page
> hoping
> that need not be repeated.
>
> Wayne, W5XD
>
>
>
>
>
>
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