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Article #113Re: Qbasic, XP, parallel port
From: Fritz Oppliger
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 03:50
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 03:50
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 13:07:47 +1100, Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Fritz Oppliger <fritzo_two_@direcway.com> wrote in message > news:c9de6a6270b641b06ebce60d0f338cd6@news.teranews.com... >> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote > >> jeez guys >> I must say I have fond memories of being able to POKE a location >> on my Commodore64, and have a pin on the output port respond. > > Sure, and you can still do that now with PICAXEs most obviously. > >> I can see that WinXP is a little beyond that. > > Yep, if you want to be able to bit twiddle on ports with a > decent multitasking OS, it has to be done the right way. > > There is no reason why that cant be provided in a decent > modern interactive Basic on a decent modern OS. > > It isnt that hard to do even with VBA with an OCX etc. > > Both of those approaches are readily available. > > So where do I find VBA and OCX? are they part of the system?
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