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19 years ago

byteblaster not showing up in hardware

Hi, I need help with my maxII eval board. When I go to program and verify, the byteblaster does not show up. I have a pci-parallel card in my dell computer and I have added that hardware to my ...
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16 years ago

The "DependOnService=parport" issue revealed by wmrsouza explains, why ByteBlaster is working with non-legacy parports in some cases and fails in others. In my case, I have an additional legacy port connected to a printer. So the parport service is also started and AlteraByteBlaster can run without editing registry keys.

The problem must be regarded as a ByteBlaster driver bug, that should be reported to Altera support.