Finding default printer's base port

From: Jerry Allaric (dummy.mail_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 11/20/03

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    Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:10:57 -0500

    Hello,

    In old DOS days, one could find the base port address of the default printer
    at memory location 0x408. For instance, the content would be one of 0x378,
    0x278, etc.

    Is there a possibility to read low/bios memory location from within an
    application?
    Is there a Linux specific function to find the default printer base port?

    Thanks.

    PS: I can live without, by harcoding a value into the program, but I was
    curios

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