avreal and LPT in Windows
From AVReAl‘s point of view there are two Windows families.
Windows 9X family OS like Windows 98 does not require LPT access driver. avreal uses direct IO access when working in it.
NT-line OS like Windows XP or Windows 7 requires a DLPortIO driver. Driver installation process for 32-bit and 64-bit OS has been described before.
For all Windows versions parallel port number or base address must be set in command line, for example -p1
, -p378
. Port number is just alias for standard address as it is noted in -p switch description. Fixed 378/278/3BC addresses are used for LPT1/2/3.
Non-standard base address for PCI-LPT (PCI-Express LPT, PCMCIA-LPT) extension board can be found on port properties tab in device manager.