[WriteLog] why no XP LPT keying?

[Stan Staten]

> WL forces you to select your own poison.

Which from several e-mails I have received in trying to make this new
motherboard do LPT CW Keying (Bought it in April 04) I can only conclude
that I am not alone in not being able to make WL work when other
programs such as DX4WIN and N1MM do just fine.

73 Stan, N3HS


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Baron - KB3MM [mailto:SteveBaron at StarLinX.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:47 PM
To: k2qmf at juno.com; stan.staten at verizon.net; KI9A at aol.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] why no XP LPT keying?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k2qmf at juno.com>
To: <stan.staten at verizon.net>
Cc: <lists at w1nr.net>; <writelog at contesting.com>; <KI9A at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 18:29
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] why no XP LPT keying?


>
> CT for Windows keys the LPT port with no problems
> using Windows XP.....

Not exactly correct - see below.

> Why can't Writelog do the same thing???????????

It does but puts the responsibility on you. The NT family just like all
real OS's simply does not talk to hardware without going thru the OS.
That is a security thingy.

CT simply loads its driver for you.

WL forces you to select your own poison.

>
> Also, CT is free and we have to pay for Writelog.........
>
> Go Figure.   73   K2QMF
>
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:00:00 -0500 "Stan Staten" 
> <stan.staten at verizon.net> writes:
> > The driver doesn't always work with WL.  I have offered before and I

> > offer again to chip in to get the program writers a newerr compiler 
> > which I assume will let WL do what other programs do - that is not 
> > require a separate driver and much fiddling around which has not bee
> > successful on this computer.
> >
> > 73 Stan, N3HS
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com 
> > [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy,
> > W1NR
> > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 9:42 PM
> > To: KI9A at aol.com; writelog at contesting.com
> > Subject: RE: [WriteLog] why no XP LPT keying?
> >
> >
> > In days of old with DOS (and Windows 95, 98 and ME which are DOS
> > based)
> > you could access the parallel port directly.  Windows NT, 2000 and 
> > XP you can't without a special driver.
> >
> > Mike, W1NR
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com 
> > [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of KI9A at aol.com
> > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:56 PM
> > To: writelog at contesting.com
> > Subject: [WriteLog] why no XP LPT keying?
> >
> >
> > Basically, why not? Just curious considering the increasing amount 
> > of XP users.....
> >
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