Ken, almost forgot when I sent my reply to your questions.  I looked
a little bit closer and I'm using zlPortIO from=20
http://www.specosoft.com its a freeware solution that works on all
versions of windows.  Their are some quirks to it, but overall I
have been happy with it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Pergola [mailto:no_spam@LOCALNET.COM]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:41 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [EE] Parallel Port


Hi Jeremy,

A few questions if you don't mind:

1) You've actually used the USB to Parallel port converter with =
inpout.dll
to twiddle bits?
   I've been searching high and low for this ability with USB to =
Parallel
port converters -- the
   ability to actually perform low-level writes/reads.

2) Are the data lines on this converter bidirectional?

3) How do you get the parallel port base address when the native USB =
driver
loads up?

I appreciate your help. Thanks very much.

Best regards,

Ken Pergola


-----Original Message-----
From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jeremy Darling
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:16 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [EE] Parallel Port


> (Labtops/notebooks, that's a different story -- have not come across
> too many PC/PCMCIA parallel port cards, so when the parallel ports
> disappear altogether from laptop/notebooks...have to cross that
> bridge when I get there.)

Try the USB to Parallel port converter for $40 at your local
RadioShack or many online dealers.  Works great on the systems
that I have found w/o a parallel port (and works with the inpout.dll)

Jeremy Darling

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