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Conference wrksys::alphastation

Title:Alpha Workstation Conference
Notice:See note 1.* for conference notices
Moderator:WRKSYS::HOUSE
Created:Wed Sep 07 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1996
Total number of notes:9122

1396.0. "Parallel port pb on Alpha XL" by NETRIX::"[email protected]" (Serge Pintout) Thu Jun 20 1996 07:16

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1396.1Need more detailsATSE::PARADISThu Jun 20 1996 08:515
1396.2Digital UNIX has write-only parallel portWRKSYS::HOUSEKenny - PKO3-1/N75 - DTN 223-6720Thu Jun 20 1996 08:577
1396.3PCBUOA::KRATZThu Jun 20 1996 15:393
1396.4Alphastation 255/300 affected by this too?RDGENG::WOOD_J[email protected]Tue Mar 25 1997 06:2614
re. .3:

>    FWIW, the Alpha Multia folks have an unusual grounding problem where
>    they must actually physically connect a printer to the other side of
>    the dongle for the dongle to be seen.

One of my customers has reported a problem whereby the dongle on
their Alphastation 255/300 sometimes isn't seen. They're running NT.

Is this likely to be the same problem? If so, is there a better fix than
having to attach a printer?

Thanks,
  John
1396.5are you running AutoCAD ?WRKSYS::HOUSEKenny House, Workstations EngineeringTue Mar 25 1997 07:3718
    re .4 - "dongle" not always seen on an AlphaStation 255 running Windows
    NT ...
    
    From the Miata FAQ (posted in the WRKSYS::XL_PERSONAL_WORKSTATION
    conference) ...
    
    > 8.11  How Do I Get The Security "dongle" To Work?
    > 
    > There is an incompatibility between the version of InstallShield on
    > used on Autocad c4 and NT 4.0.  This bug affects ALL NT 4.0 machines,
    > not just Miata.  There is a patch available from Autocad which fixes
    > this.  The uuencoded decfix.zip file is also available by anonymous ftp
    > from node cobra.pa.dec.com.  The filename is /pub/decfix.zip.
    
    You're not using a Digital Personal Workstation, but this might be
    relevant.
    
    -- Kenny House
1396.6RDGENG::WOOD_J[email protected]Tue Mar 25 1997 10:5316
Thanks for the reply.

The customer isn't using Autocad - though I suppose the dongle
might have come from the same supplier.

I'm surprised that there's a patch from Autocad if the problem
is "an unusual grounding problem".

I'll take a look at the PW patch.

The customer mentioned the problem only seemed to affect an
Alphastation 255/300: they have older 255s (233 MHz?) which
work OK - but maybe that's because they're running old versions
of NT.

  John
1396.7two separate issuesWRKSYS::HOUSEKenny House, Workstations EngineeringTue Mar 25 1997 13:558
    re .6 ...
    
    I wrote .5 to describe a separate issue (AutoCAD problems with dongles)
    from the Multia grounding problem.  Sorry for any confusion.  I
    understood the AutoCAD patch to only affect AutoCAD operation, but I
    don't know that for sure.
    
    -- Kenny House