gmoriak
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Adding a second LPT port (LPT2)
What DMA, I/O, and IRQ should I use for LPT2 - do I need to chnage LPT1 (378H, IRQ7)?
In windows95 the selection will be automatically made. In windows 3.x you may have to change the settings from your board if you have a conflict. You can tell which IO, IRQ etc are in use by running MDS.exe from dos.
Hi GMoriak! I don't know if aburr's answer was what your looking for, but it not reject the answer and we can continue with installing your port with you.
For LPT 1, use the default settings in your motherboards Bios\Cmos setup. When you install the card, your motherboard should give you a default setting depending on the type of card you have. If it's a fast ecp port with an on-board bios it will report what it wants to your motherboards bios, presuming the MB supports that function. Make sure that the address and DMA's are different, but you can share IRQ7. Let me know if you need more with respect to your operating system.
Dennis
For LPT 1, use the default settings in your motherboards Bios\Cmos setup. When you install the card, your motherboard should give you a default setting depending on the type of card you have. If it's a fast ecp port with an on-board bios it will report what it wants to your motherboards bios, presuming the MB supports that function. Make sure that the address and DMA's are different, but you can share IRQ7. Let me know if you need more with respect to your operating system.
Dennis
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I know I may have to change some settings. I was looking for input as to which ones and what I should change them to.
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That's exactly the type of info I was looking for.