Sorry - up to now i didn't study the kernel parallel port stuff. But i will try to get more knowledge how this works. As i have understund, the interface must be set into the right mode (ECC, EPP, ...). Then it can be accessed over different functions - correct? What i also cannot understand is why the InpOut32.dll will help? Should it help in NT+ or Win* emulation? As you have written the NT+ should never work, because the functionality of kernel interfacing is not implemented. In the time between i tried out some other simple things. I tried out to pass data direct to /dev/lp0 with the simple shell-command Code: echo "A" > /dev/lp0 This works with no error if an LCD-Display is connected to the parport. When no display is connected the command hangs. I think the reason is that there is no busy-signal on the line. After that i remember another old problem trying to use the parport in wine and tested this again: http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?p=39025 I would say that there is generally no access to the parport in wine now. Karsten
