[Freedos-user] LPT1

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May I please get your best links on creating an LPT1 port to a networked printer via Microsoft’s net tools?

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 2:29 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user - freedos-user at lists.sourceforge.net <[fre...@pa...](mailto:On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 2:29 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user - freedos-user at lists.sourceforge.net <<a href=)> wrote:

> Hi!
>
>> I recently pulled a Dell Inspiron 1150 from my local landfill.
>> This is a Windows XP-era laptop... Intel Celeron 2.6 GHz, and
>> I installed 2 GB of RAM. I was able to install FreeDOS... but...
>
> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html
>
> Well, if JEMMEX and JEMM386 do not run out of the box,
> have you tried reading their documentation? Maybe there
> are some command line options for JEMMEX or JEMM386 to
> *manually* configure them in an Inspiron-friendly way.
>
> If that does not work, you should *at least* try to get
> some form of HIMEM working. HIMEMX, QMGR, FDXMS, FDXMS286,
> any XMS and HMA will be better than none, because that
> will help you to have more DOS RAM free and you can use
> most caches and ramdisks when you have XMS :-)
>
> Even XMS drivers may need *manual* configuration, because
> some hardware and/or BIOS variants can fail to offer or
> properly setup auto-detectable A20 gates or memory maps.
>
>> I can only get sound from the 'bell', I can't play MP3s.
>
> The problem is that most classic games expect SoundBlaster
> era soundcards. Your laptop has something more modern, so
> you have to use VSBHDA, SBEMU or similar for games and old
> media players. Some newer media players for DOS can work
> directly with AC97 or HDA compatible sound hardware such
> as the hardware I expect your laptop to have. As usual,
> you will have to read the docs carefully to select the
> right ingredients and configuration to get sound to work.
>
> Regards, Eric
>
> PS: You can use PCISLEEP to find what sound the Dell has.
>
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