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From: peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Configurable Parallel Port?
Summary: Do most PC's have them?
Message-ID: <DD?$7^@rpi.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 90 14:24:20 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
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Please excuse my ignorance, but I am relatively new to IBM's (I'll
hopefully be getting one next week!)  Do most IBM clones, or whatever
you want to call them, have a configurable parallel port?  In other
words, can I set four of the pins to output, and four of the pins
to input?  I want to do some of my own low level digital I/O, and 
don't mind writing my own custom I/O routines.  Furthermore, would
this software be compatible among most clones?  Or would it be 
individual to each bios, brand or parallel port?  I am used to the 
Amiga where everyone has the same OS and parallel port hardware.  I
would appreciate any advice that I receive.
 
                          Thanks,
                          Joe Peck
                          peck@ral.rpi.edu