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- Getpar.
- Getpar is intended for use with the FrameGrabber project. However if you
- find a different use for it then thats OK.
- Getpar is a quick and dirty hack up of code that brings in a specified number
- of bytes and stores them at a memory address.
- To use Getpar with the FrameGrabber software simply move the program into
- RAM:
- On an A1200 with a 68030 @ 40MHz, 128k is moved in 1/2 a second. On an
- unexpanded A600 it takes about 4 seconds.
- Without this bit of junk on the A1200 the transfer takes about 4-5 seconds
- (depending on what the system is doing! can be as low as 2 secs.)
- And on the A600 it takes about 6 seconds.
- So I use this program all the time!
- Getpar was written in C and compared to a version which could be written
- by hand in 68K it is quite slow :-(
-
- Getpar can be executed from CLI :-
-
- Getpar <address> <bytes>
-
- address is a safe area in memory. The software doesn't care where it puts
- the data so beware!
-
- bytes is the ammount of data to be moved. If this is left out the default
- is 131072 (128k the ammount inside the FrameGrab)
-
- As I said Getpar uses the hardware directly. There is no checking to test if
- the port is already in use and the program wont 'take over' the port. So
- dont have anything running in the background that uses the parallel port.
- If you have a better program than this then send me a copy!
- See grabber.txt for other stuff!
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