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- From: hartlenk@newton.ccs.tuns.ca (Kenneth W Hartlen)
- Subject: Re: The ST parallel (printer) port
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.145733.5301@newton.ccs.tuns.ca>
- Keywords: printer parallel input output ports In Abacus's _Atari_ST_Internals_, it is mentioned that the ST can both
- Organization: Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.
- References: <BuGEEz.F0@world.std.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 14:57:33 GMT
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- In article <BuGEEz.F0@world.std.com> mgm@world.std.com (michael g moncur) writes:
- >send and receive data through the parallel port. Can anyone confirm that
- >the parallel port can be used as input? Someone once told me that the
- >PC's parallel port can do both input and output (which I know is true) but
- >the ST can't... And Abacus has been known to stretch the truth
- >occasionally. thoughts?
- >
- > (I'm building an EPROM programmer that will be controlled by an ST
- >via the parallel port, and a "read" option would be nice...)
- >
- > Also, what would I use to read the printer port? An example in C would
- >be greatly appreciated.
- >
- > Michael Moncur
- > mgm@world.std.com (preferred)
- > sysop@only_bbs.via.mind.org (alternate)
- >
- >
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- Interesting! By coincidence the Sept '92 issue of The C Users Journal has an
- article "Using the PC's Parallel Port for Bidirectional Communications".
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- Ken Hartlen
- Technical University of Nova Scotia
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA
- hartlenk@newton.ccs.tuns.ca
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