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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Getting up and running in Vista
« on: August 30, 2008, 11:03:55 PM »
Yesterday I was able to cut parts with an HP running Vista, and a PCI parallel port.  It took some doing.  The memory registry download  fix at the beginning of this thread did allow me to get the driver to load.  However, it took forever to get the parallel port working.  My PCI parallel port didn't map to typical 378 or 278 address.  Instead, it mapped to EC00.  (MosChip board for those interested).  In Mach configuration, there is a place to enter the port address, but the default uses only three characters (378)  It took me forever to figure out that I had to enter all 4 characters (EC00)  (entered as 0xecoo), and suddenly I could jog the mill axis. 

I also had to chase down the problem with text/font that was too big in the DROs and other places. It turns out that if your display is set for 120 dpi, instead of 96 dpi, that is the result.  However, making the font dpi change in Vista is not done the same as in XP.  If you google around a bit, you will find some help on changing font DPI in Vista.  I think it starts with a right click on a blank part of the display and use the Personalize selection.

Anyway, I am pleased having arrived at this point, but it was not very easy.

Chris

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