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How to I access hardware lock in LPT ?

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First post, by Mindscold

Posted on 2013-01-24, 02:48

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(I come from Taiwan, my English is poor, sorry for that 😊 )

I have a software which run under MS-DOS.
When it runs, it will detect if the hardware lock on LPT be set in correct status. (the hardware lock have 4 buttons on it, I need to open the correct button )
But when I run this software in DOS-BOX, it always shows me that " There are no correct hardware lock on parallel port ".

I don't know how to check:
1. DOS-BOX didn't detect LPT or DOS-BOX didn't found LPT ?
or
2. DOS-BOX didn't receive the feedback from the hardware lock ?

How do I check which reason above made the software can't run ???

Thanks a lot ! 😊

Reply 1 of 5, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-01-24, 05:47

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Dosbox is for games, no game needs a dongle.

Maybe try the so called megabuild of dosbox, but I think dongles are just not working

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Reply 2 of 5, by Mindscold

Posted on 2013-01-24, 06:48

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Yes, I had tried megabuild of dosbox, it also can't work.... 🙁

Reply 3 of 5, by Jorpho

Posted on 2013-01-25, 14:51

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Did you configure the Megabuild to properly use the parallel port? You will also probably need PortTalk .

But as Mr. Dominus says, there is a very good chance that this will never work.

Reply 4 of 5, by Mindscold

Posted on 2013-01-29, 07:53

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I don't sure if I configure it right.

I had setted it as :

parallel1=enabled
parallel2=enabled
parallel3=enabled
dongle = true

But it still not works..... 😢

Reply 5 of 5, by Jorpho

Posted on 2013-01-29, 16:13

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What exactly made you think any of those lines would do anything?

There have been many threads posted on these boards in the past with advice about parallel port passthrough.

I emphasize again that this will probably never work.

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Depending on the nature of the dongle, you may be able to dump its contents and use DOSBox without having to plug in the dongle at all.
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