Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!uunet!orca!es.com!galt From: galt@es.com (Greg Alt - Perp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: ----Parallel Port for I/O ? Message-ID: <1991May22.221413.10217@dsd.es.com> Date: 22 May 91 22:14:13 GMT References: <1991May20.100931.12966@cns.umist.ac.uk> Sender: usenet@dsd.es.com Reply-To: galt@es.com (Greg Alt - Perp) Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.187.85.29 In article <1991May20.100931.12966@cns.umist.ac.uk>, sl@cns.umist.ac.uk (Stuart Lea) writes: |> I've seen programs which use the parallel printer port LPT1 for I/O |> Has anyone got any info as to how this can be done. If this has been |> asked lots of times then sorry, I'm new to this lark. |> |> Any pointers will be most appreciated. |> |> Thanks |> |> Stuart. |> BYTE magazine (July 1990 (or maybe it was June)) had an article for connecting nintendo controllers to the parallel port. -Greg