V9.26 Key via LPT1

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Hans (and others):

I recall reading something on the net regarding CT, LPT keying
and whether you have an Enhanced Parallel Port in your 
computer or not.  I believe the solution was to turn off
the EPP function in the BIOS.  

I will exmanine the setup in my new machine this week and
see if I have the same trouble.

73, J.P.

> 
>I have received a number of repsonses here on the 
>reflector to my tale of woe regarding my inability 
>to send CW via LPT1. So far nothing from K1EA, et. al.
> 
>No one has suggested a solution, but one person who
>seems to have similar setup (WA0PUJ) says his is
>working fine (even better than ever!).
> 
>Another person with 9.26 (W6XR/2) claims the same problem 
>I am having, and is considering retrograding to V8.xx.
> 
>A number of folks have asked if my setup is right. Yes,
>I am quite sure it is. Also, I am sure my interface
>circuit is OK because it works with a previous version
>of CT. Basically it is the parallel circuit shown on
>page 18 of the documentation.
> 
>I have now built a serial interface and, using COM1,
>I can key the radio just fine. Sure would like to key
>from LPT1 however! 
> 
>So it seems to boil down to "it works on some machines
>but not others". 
> 
>Perhaps to establish any "pattern" of the problem, anyone
>who has V9.26 and has tried keying via LPT1 could summarize
>their experience and situation in the format I have done
>below. K1EA can then capture it and perhaps make some sense
>of it and find a cure for 9.27?
> 
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>Can you key via LPT1?             No
> 
>Can you key via COMx?             Yes
> 
>What version of CT?               9.26
> 
>Have you successfully keyed 
> LPT1 with an earlier CT Version? Yes (6.19)
> 
>CPU?                              Compaq Proliea
>                                  486/DX-33MHz
> 
>RAM?                              8 Meg
> 
>OS?                               Win95 
> 
>I have tried three setups within Win95.
> 
>  1 - Running as a "windowed app".
>  2 - Running from a Win95 DOS prompt.
>  3 - Shut down and restart in "bare" DOS.
> 
>V9.26 failed to key via LPT1 in all three cases,
>but V6.19 ran fine in all three cases.
> 
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>73, de Hans, K0HB
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