The Computerized Wrestling Program (CWP) developed
in 1984 was designed to print on parallel printers directly connected to the LPT1: printer
port of the computer. While technology evolved to computers and printers that are USB or
network enabled, CWP users were limited to older computers with parallel
printer ports and HP/DOS/PCL6 compatible printers. In October 2009
everything changed! CWP programs now run in most Windows
environments (including Vista and Windows 7) and print to any Windows
printer (USB, Network, wireless, or LPT1:)! The original CWP proggram was as DOS based program but ran
with no problin in Windows until the advent of the newer 64-bit windows operating systems.
The 64-bit operating system was designed for faster processing tasks and the
developers did not build in any support of older programs that ran in 32-bit environment
on Windows 3.1, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. There are two solutions ava
- Microsoft developers has a free XP Mode download available from the
Microsoft Knowledge base. It runs inside of the 64-bit systems and allows all
programs that ran on the 32-bit systems to run on the newer 64-bit machines.
- The only problem is that the add-on only runs on the higher end
Windows 7 systems (Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate)
- Most of the computers sold today use Windows Home Premium which does
not support the XP Mode add-in.
- Solution: Purchase an upgrade the of the operating
system to one of the above versions of Windows.
- Install a shareware add-on to run DOS Programs in a Windows 64-bit
environment.
- DOSBox appears to be a viable solution. If you
download and use it, you might send a donation to the DOSBox developers.
www.dosbox.com
- The original DOSBox programs captured printer out to
files but did not capture output to the LPT1: parallel printer ports.
- DOSBox and Printfil have developed
a special build of DOSBox that is recognizedautomatically in the Printfil
configuration.
- DOSBox
Megabuild6 Download is the version required to interface with Printfil!
Downlaod and Installation of DOSBox
- The download and install is "almost" automatic. Click
the DOSBox Megabuild6
Download and accept the defaults.
- After the program is installed, click the DOSBox Megabuild6
icon to start the program.
- After it loads, type the instructions below:the Z:\SET
BLASTER=A20 I7 D1 H5 T6 after the Z:\ type mount c
c:\{program} and hit [Enter]
- Note sample8 is the program folder with the CWP
program. Replace sample8 with the {filepath} to the program you are
using!
- Contact us at support@baumspage.com
if you have questions or need help.
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