[Bug 54520] New: Direct Parallel Port Access Removed

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54520

Bug ID: 54520
           Summary: Direct Parallel Port Access Removed
           Product: Wine
           Version: 8.2
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: dos
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 74058
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=74058
The Willem EPROM Programmer Application

I rely on a Willem EPROM programmer for working with vintage hardware. This
device requires direct parallel port access (not LPT, but direct raw access to
the parallel port pins.) The application used to work in Wine (Wine 1.0) if I
set the windows version to Windows 95 (or 98) and added the following registry
keys:

'\HEX_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\VDM\ppdev\278' with value '/dev/parport1'
'\HEX_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\VDM\ppdev\378' with value '/dev/parport0'

I had a hardware failure and upgraded to a new computer running a more modern
version of Linux and the current version of Wine (8.2). Under this
configuration, it no longer works. Looking at the source code, it appears that
ppdev support has been removed entirely when winedos was merged into
krnl386.exe16. I would very much like to see support for this added back into
wine as I rely on it.

Thanks!
Matthew D'Asaro