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From: "Tõnu Aas" <tonu DOT att DOT ids DOT punkt DOT ee AT unknown DOT addr>
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Subject: Re: Parallel Port in Win 2000
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 11:37:58 +0300
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> I've written some  programs that use the Parallel Port and work well
> in Win 98, but do not work in Win 2000. I've read in the FAQ about
> some  glitches with the serial port in NT. Do these apply in Win 2000?
> Can I access LPT1 from a DOS box in Win2000?

    Yes you can. NTVDM emulates LPT port for DOS programs.
As it does in Win98 (its not named ntvdm under 98),
but NT family does it a bit strange: all access to LPT are done
after VM destrcution. So all printing will be done after program exit.

Tõnu.