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david jarrett <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 19 Aug 1999 07:28:13 -0400
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Try hitting the F2 key while the pc is posting.

At 09:25 AM 08/18/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Friends,
>
>Does anyone on the list know how to get into the setup on a Dell Optiplex
GXMT
>5200? I have one here I need to try some changes on the onboard LPT1 port to
>enable some antique code to talk to a printer on the network. This is DOS
code
>that has to have LPT1 "connected". We are using Win95 on the machine, and
have
>used the net use lpt1: command, but this software comes back with a
printer out
>of paper error.
>
>We can copy a file to the port from a dos window with no problems. It works
>fine. But I have not been able to figure out the keystrokes to get into its
>setup. Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
>Paul Pullen
>National Institutes on Aging
>Baltimore, MD.
>
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>Paul Pullen
>Computer Specialist
>National Institute On Aging
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>Baltimore, MD 21224-6825
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