Subj : Re: Looking For Bbs Clien
To   : Kirkspragg
From : AKAcastor
Date : Sun May 05 2024 10:00:38

 k> I can't given details for how to get this working on 
 k> linux as I have only tried this on windows.

 k> 1 - Download and install the latest Dosbox-x (dosbox-
 k> x.com), use the installer not the potable version as it 
 k> may be missing an the dlls required to access a physical 
 k> printer port.

Thanks for the instructions for parallel port use in DOSBox-X!  Definitely will save some time with that as a reference.

 k> This might work with other software, however I am pretty sure that dosbox-x
 k> doesn't pass through hardware interrupt requests thus 
 k> anything relying on this won't work or may be very slow -
 k>  I believe this is an issue for PLIP. 

I don't see any references to interrupt handling in the directlpt.cpp file in DOSBox-X source, I think you're right that it doens't pass through hardware interrupt requests.  I wonder how complicated it would be to implement.


Chris/akacastor


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