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- From: doconnor@polly.ist.flinders.edu.au (Daniel J. O'Connor)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: parallel port programming
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 03:25:45 GMT
- Organization: Flinders University of South Australia
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- Graham Chiu (gchiu@compkarori.co.nz) wrote:
- : Are there any books or texts on line to show how to attach devices to
- : the parallel port, and program them? I just want to do some thing
- : very simple like control a relay or switch ...
- Thats not too hard, just make sure you isolate your parallel port with
- an opto-isolator so you don't blow up your precious CIA's when one of
- your creatiosn shorts out :)
-
- : I have no knowledge of assembler, so basic, c would be preferred.
- I have some C code that is very low level(ie change all the lines cept
- for ACK and RDY - could't figure them out :)
- I can mail the source to you if you want, its pretty simple tho, since
- its basically bashing the hardware(You just allocate the right CIA
- resource so you don't mangle anyones print job or something)
-
- Seeya
- Darius
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