Reading the Parallel ports

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From: Chris Adams
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:49

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Can anyone direct me to some information on how to read in from the parallel
ports?  I have seen it in a book, and I think you have to go directly to the
hardware and program the port controller, but I don't know exactly how.  Has
anyone written a program to do this?  I would like to use the parallel ports
as 8 bit (bi-directional) data busses to external devices.
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Chris Adams                       | "If tin whistles are made of tin,
Georgia Tech                      |  what do they make foghorns from?"
Internet: gt8741b@prism.gatech.edu|       --  Lonnie Donegan
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