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LPT1 to COM1

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First post, by YvesCleys

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I want to use the COM1 serial port to print like the LPT1 output.
In real dos I used the command “mode LPT1=COM1".
If found out that this not works in DOSBoX.
Is there a other way to do this?

Reply 1 of 3, by Jorpho

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Well, that's a brand new one.

I would suggest logging the parallel port output to a file (you'll need the SVN Daum version for parallel port emulation), and then manually sending the resulting file to your COM port. But do keep in mind that support for non-gaming applications in DOSBox is limited.

Also, this should probably be in the DOSBox subforum.

Reply 2 of 3, by eL_PuSHeR

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[Thread moved to DOSBox General Section]

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Reply 3 of 3, by YvesCleys

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Hello,
I’ve install Dosbox Megabuild 6 and there you have a LPT1 port witch can write to a text file.
Problem solved.
Thanks.