Kids these days

From: Jason Willgruber <roblwill_at_usaor.net>
Date: Sat Sep 19 22:06:25 1998

> Can I recomend that you grab the parallel port FAQ off the web. Those
> printer ports are really 12 output lines and 4 input lines each. You can
> do all sorts of neat stuff with those. Like _directly_ control the
> stepper motors (or use some simple stepper control ICs). Hook up
> switches/sensors. You can do that from BASIC, but I think you have to be
> running MS-DOS and not Windows (cetainly not 95 or NT), since that tends
> to get in the way of direct port access.
>

That's not a problem. I'm using a Tandy 1000TX running DOS 3.2, and
GW-BASIC 3.11

> Using the electronics from the printer, faking it so it thinks it's still

> connected to a printer, and the using the motors seems a rather complex
> way to do it, actually.

Maybe. I'm just trying to get something to work, first, then I'll improve
it and make it easier to use after it works.
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         -Jason
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Received on Sat Sep 19 1998 - 22:06:25 BST