Xref: utzoo comp.misc:13042 comp.sources.wanted:17291 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:10863 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!think.com!yale.edu!cmcl2!uupsi!sunic!sics.se!ifi.uio.no!nuug!bibsyst!ingar From: ingar@bibsyst.UUCP (ingar) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Reading from the parallel port Message-ID: <389@bibsyst.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 91 13:49:27 GMT Lines: 10 Hi, I need to know if it is possible to read 8 bits from the centronics parallel port on an ibm compatible PC. I know it is possible to read 3 bits, and I have even heard it is possible to read 5, but is it possible to read 8 bits, and if it is possible how is it done?? Ingar Pedersen, PreIng. ingar@bibsyst.no