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From: streeter@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kenneth B. Streeter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Using a PC to monitor an external signal (How?)
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Date: 9 Jul 90 12:50:04 GMT
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In article <2048@esunix.UUCP> hcooper@esunix.UUCP (Hardware Support) writes:

>Can I ask why are you going to use a peeCee for this?  Kind of an
>overkill, and slightly difficult aunless you plan to use a laptop.

Well, what I've asked about is just a portion of what I want to do.  I
want the PC (laptop) to be used in a car, as an time-speed-distance
rallying computer.  Depending on the class in which I want to compete,
it could be used solely as a clock & odometer, or, alternatively, as a
full-fledged rallying computer.  This involves a lot probably only of
interest to other rallyists, but essentially, there is a significant
amount of programming required -- something which a microprocessor
would be needed for, however a single-board micro would be sufficient.
The primary advantage of the laptop, however, is that it doesn't have
to be used ONLY for rally computing.  (Insert typical laptop uses
here.)

I've gotten a couple of replies about this so far.  I've found an IBM
Technical Reference manual which explains how to use the
serial/parallel ports.  Does anyone have any similar applications that
I could have source code for to see how one actually uses the ports in
a program?  

Thanks,
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