Autodesk 3DS R4 “SentinelPro must be plugged into parallel port”

[DevanDrake99]

I need some help with Autodesk 3D Studio version 4.0 I’ve downloaded from this site [Moderator : Please do NOT link to copyrighted material]

I’m trying to run this program on MS-DOS 6.22 w Windows Workgroups 3.11, but it refused to run because the SentinelPro is not plugged in. How do I bypass this error?

Guest specs

Bios: Intel Premiere/PCI
CPU: Pentium 66
RAM: 128 MB
GPU: Phoenix S3 Trio64
Sound: Sound Blaster 16
HDD: Standard IDE 5,120mb
FDD: 1x3.5” 1.44M
CD-ROM: 2X Speed
Mouse: Microsoft 2-Button Mouse (Serial)
Network: Realtek RTL8029AS
OS: MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11
PCem Version: v14

[omarsis81]

For what I read SentinelPro is a dongle attached to the parallel port and works as a copy protection device
See if there is some crack to bypass that...
It is NOT a PCem bug or error per se, it is just normal software behavior

[Zup]

Some (more than ten) years ago I used an unofficial DOSBox version patched with LPT passthrough to run a DOS program that needed a dongle. Also, I guess there must be some virtual machines that support LPT passthrough.

Even in that case, you'll need a REAL (=NOT USB) parallel port in your computer and the dongle that came with your software.

[SarahWalker]

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