Hi
It was my parallel port. I have a second parallel port on the motherboard. But its never
been attached to a parallel port card. So I was using the wrong address. The first time
months ago when it was configured correctly. I didn`t make a backup of the xlm files.
When I ran into problems after changing setting I reverted to a older backup of the xlm.
Of course then I was using the incorrect port address.
Here is something of interest for troubleshooting:
Anytime I change to a different PC my biggest problem is setting up my parallel port. Just found this software
and tried it. Just create a directory in windows / program directory. Make certain the dll is placed in the same
directory as the drivertest.exe. I used windows 7 and it worked great
http://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2013/06/parallel-port-tester/