semi ot: cardreader connected to a PC

From: Thomas Strathmann <thomas_at_tstrathmann.de>
Date: Sat Feb 9 15:43:07 2002

The Wanderer wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^---------- (could you please use a realname?)

> What I need to know is if all the control signals can be controlled from
> a program (not sure if it will be a kernel device driver or a user
> driver).
> If so, I have better control over the reader, if not, it may make the
> interface
> a bit more complicated.
> BTW, the program will most likely use the parallel port in EPP mode, not
> in ECP mode.

Of course you can. I don't have a recommendation but I looked into the
results of a google search with the term "parallel port programming linux"
and it had some promising links. Perhaps there is a good starting point.

        Thomas

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