Non-standard parallel port address

[jbrove]

Hi all,

I'm trying to repurpose an old laptop motherboard for use with Nucore and have installed the latest version to date (2.25). My initial plan was to use a mini-pci express to pci-express 1x adapter with a standard pcie parallel port card but I'm stuck with a bit of an issue now. My card is assigned non-legacy parallel port address (0x3008 vs 0x378). I had thought that I could simply supply this address to nucore via the -parallel command line parameter but it seems that the only port addresses that are accepted are the legacy type (0x278, 0x378, etc).

Is the -parallel command line parameter only for legacy port addresses? If so, is it possible that this can be changed in a future revision?

Best Regards,
J

[Chuck]

It's been a while since I've looked at that code. I'll check it out. We will be pushing a new build in the near future to fix a minor bug.

[jbrove]

Awesome. Thanks for the quick response. I can foresee this being an issue for others in the future as built-in parallel ports are becoming increasingly less common.

[Chuck]

Yup, doesn't work properly. I looked at the code and some things need to be cleaned up. We'll tackle it at some point.

[jbrove]

Dang. Thanks for looking into it. I had assumed you had hardcoded 0x378 somewhere so that you could do some sort of IRQ passthough to the emulation layer. Do you think this will be fixed in the near future / aforementioned release? I'm only asking because if not - I'll go buy a cheap old mini PC.

Thanks again. We all really appreciate the work you've done.

[Chuck]

I did some work on it today. It needs more =) When there's a beta version available I'll message you. I'm super busy at work and don't have a lot of free time. So I would guess anywhere from a week to a month.

[Chuck]

I finished the code today and we'll need to test it. When it's ready for user testing I'll let you know.

[jbrove]

Oh wow. That was super fast. Thanks so much. I'm happy to collect whatever logs you might need.

[Chuck]

Pm me your email address and when it's ready I'll email you the beta version.

[Wizboy]

When do we expect the new update release?

[Shredso]

Did this get solved? I'm using a PCI-E parallel card and can't figure out how to get it to work.

[Chuck]

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1177

[Shredso]

Thanks! I posted on a separate thread, but can someone explain how to upgrade without using the pinball cabinet? I can't connect to the playfield, so I can't use the update feature that uses the cabinet buttons.

[jbrove]

You can run/install the nucore updates manually with a bit of linux-fu.

[Shredso]

I don't have any Linux-fu, but I'm good at following directions! Any tips? A starting point?