PCI Parallel Ports
Introduced in REAL/32 7.91 was the ability to support PCI parallel boards providing that they compatible with the internal REAL/32 driver.
Note : Although not a guaranteed system. If you purchase a PCI parallel that states that it is MSDOS compatible it is more likely to work.
Checking that your board is compatible with the REAL/32 driver
To find out if your board is supported first run the IMSD.EXE utility supplied with REAL/32 7.91.
Select PCI Bus information
Scroll down the screen looking for a Item with Class type of : simple coms devices
The check that the Sub class is 1
If the above is not correct that the REAL/32 PCI LPT port driver will not support this unit. Scroll down the list to make sure that you have viewed all the boards in the system.
Configuring REAL/32
Run the REAL/32 setup utility and then select stations and multi-ports..
Select LPT parallel ports.
You will now see LPT1, LPT2 & LPT3 displayed
Important Note : You will notice that that some/all of the boards have * next to them indicating that the port is not present. This * only indicates the lack of presence of ISA boards and not PCI boards.
Make sure that you configure all these ports to be printer.
Note : If you already have 3 ISA boards in your machine you will not be able to add a additional PCI board.
After a reboot you should be able to select the printer using the printer command and then print to the attached printer like any other.