So, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to make the parallel port behave under XP with BASIC? It's the only language I know and it sure doesn't work for running the port as I used to be able to do. I have a tiny old Vaio that I can boot off of the floppy with DOS but that's a pain as the computer can't see its own hard drive so the DOS and the QBASIC and my program AND any data I collect has to fit on the floppy. -- Looking forward, Al Shinn -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist