Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!pitt!willett!ForthNet
From: ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us (ForthNet articles from GEnie)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Linking, Modules, and Overlays
Message-ID: <2706.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 4 May 91 11:47:56 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
Lines: 43


 Date: 04-27-91 (15:22)              Number: 2025 of 2065 (Echo)
   To: RAY DUNCAN                    Refer#: NONE
 From: BILL TRIFFET                    Read: 04-27-91 (21:27)
 Subj: PROGRAMMING LPT1              Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 Well, I've got my system running back to normal- finaly! My current
 project involves reading data from the printer port. I was told that
 I would have to use assembler language to do this properly ( sic). Not
 being to swift at this, I was wondering if you knew of some examples
 that I could study.
    My program only involves reading the status of the the Busy line -
 either 0 or 1. I wired a device to send a +5v pulse ( yes, I put an add
 on parrellel card in case somthing goes amok) which I will store in a
 buffer to use as data for the x/y coordinates of a graphed curve.
 Am I in to deep? For a novice, I mean.
                                     Later.

 NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530
 <<<>>>

 Date: 04-27-91 (21:23)              Number: 2026 of 2065 (Echo)
   To: BILL TRIFFET                  Refer#: NONE
 From: RAY DUNCAN                      Read: 04-29-91 (21:19)
 Subj: PROGRAMMING LPT1              Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 What language are you writing this in?  If Forth you can use the PC@
 command from high level code.  If Turbo C just use the inline assembler
 to read the port, e.g.
   _asm mov dx,xxx
   _asm in al,dx
 I don't know enough about Turbo Pascal to know how to do this, but I
 think they have inline assembler now too.

 NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530
 <<<>>>
-----
This message came from GEnie via willett.  You *cannot* reply to the author
using e-mail.  Please post a follow-up article, or use any instructions
the author may have included (USMail addresses, telephone #, etc.).
Report problems to: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us _or_ uunet!willett!dwp