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From: silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Reading PRN:-port
Message-ID: <1990Nov4.220531.4688@xrtll.uucp>
Date: 4 Nov 90 22:05:31 GMT
References: <1393@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl> <1150@cameron.egr.duke.edu>
Reply-To: silver@xrtll.UUCP (Hi Ho Silver)
Organization: Not around here, pal!
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In article <1150@cameron.egr.duke.edu> js@dukee.egr.duke.edu (Jeffrey A. Shorey) writes:
$From article <1393@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl>, by joep@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl (Joep Mathijssen):
$> Looking for a program that lets me READ the parallel-port (PRN:) on a
$                                     ^^^^
$If you look in the schematics for any parallel you will find it is a one way
$set of registers.  the only line that comes in is some sort of acknowledge
$line.

   Not for _any_ parallel port.  Many of them are in fact designed to be
bidirectional.  The problem is, if you take one that isn't, you can end
up blowing it in your efforts to pump data into the computer through it.
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