Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!overload!dillon From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Pointer needed on bi-direction parallel i/o Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 90 15:26:25 GMT References: <2084@trlluna.trl.oz> <1990Aug22.153719.28582@unx.sas.com> Lines: 25 In article <1990Aug22.153719.28582@unx.sas.com> walker@unx.sas.com (Doug Walker) writes: >In article <2084@trlluna.trl.oz> aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan) writes: >>There are lots of examples around on how to use the serial port, but I'm >>interested in bi-directional use of the parallel port. There appears to > >I suggest you use Matt Dillon's parnet.device, which allows multiple >processes to share the parallel port and write to/read from up to 255 >other Amigas hooked up on the parallel port. If you're accessing something >besides another Amiga, you can at least look at the code for pointers - >I believe he has released the assembly source. :-) the software can handle 255 other Amigas, but the bus drivers cannot. It works between two Amigas and will probably work between three. Beyond that I have no idea what the bus drivers have enough guts. -Matt -- Matthew Dillon dillon@Overload.Berkeley.CA.US 891 Regal Rd. uunet.uu.net!overload!dillon Berkeley, Ca. 94708 USA