PCI parallel port card / Windows 98

[Twospruces]

Yah that's a MOSCHIP based card if you believe the image. 9865 though, not the 9805.
I think based on my earlier post, I cannot expect that card to support remapped io for LPT. It can for COM ports. I did find a used card for 10$ with the 9805, maybe it is worth experimentation.

PCI cards with hardware switches:
Startech PCI1PM (SUNIX Matrix UL7512EQ)
SUNIX PAR5008D (SUNIX Matrix UL7512EQ?), PAR5008R (UL7502AQ)
Koutech IO-PP120 (SUNIX Matrix UL7512EQ)

will keep looking for cards..

seems like looking for these obscure cards may not be required; the Moschip MCS9805 (and probably the 9865) support software based redirect.

 

[Someone]

Great to know! Now for a PCI-E based one.

 

[Someone]

Here's an interesting blurbette from ASIX

"In order to be compatible with some legacy software, some users might need to remap the assigned I/O addresses of AX99100 Parallel/Serial ports to Legacy (ISA type) I/O address (such as 378h, 3F8h, etc.). It is possible on DOS and Windows 95/98/ME operating systems but impossible on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 operating systems because the Remap I/O Address feature is only supported on DOS and Windows 95/98/ME operating systems but is not supported on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8.x/10 operating systems. As the newer Windows systems maintain a much tighter control over the I/O devices and prevent any Re-Mapping I/O Address operation at device driver level. When the Re-Mapping I/O Address is not permitted, the device must use the I/O Addresses assigned by the PCIe system at Boot-Up. If the software application expects the Parallel/Serial ports to use Legacy I/O address resources, it will not be possible to make it work with the Parallel/Serial ports of PCIe based devices on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8.x/10 platforms. On DOS platform, AX99100 can remap the I/O addresses of the Parallel/Serial ports to desired values by running AX99100 DOS utility. However, on Windows 95/98/ME platforms, you can only remap the I/O addresses of the Serial ports (but not Parallel port)."