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DOS program on virtual xp print lpt1
I have a new machine with Windows 7 and an old dos program (dBase) and an parallel port receipt printer (generic). I have everything up and running on Virtual XP, so I can print from, say, notepad to the printer. Fine. An interesting thing is that if I bring up the printer status bar ("See what's printing") both in Windows 7 and Virtual XP, I see the data pass from the XP status bar to the Windows 7 status bar. Interesting, but if I print from my DOS dBase app., I see nothing pop up in the XP window. My question is thus:
1.) can DOS programs print to an LPT1 printer port in Virtual XP?
2.) if so, how?
2.) and, if not, is there some sort of Virtual Windows 2000, and will that work?
Thank you for reading my request, and, if possible, for replying.