paralell port

[thomasalice]

I do not have any books on Qbasic so can any one tell me how to control all the ports I.e. Paralell com1 com2and so on. I am tring to make a dos base program to get information from the camera it hooks into the key board port and the paralell port plus i also want to control the mouse

 

[Guest_imported]

I know one code, to control data lines d0 - d7<br>
<br>
OUT 888, 1<br>
<br>
this controls d0<br>
<br>
888 is the parallel ports address on my comp.<br>
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jmoss@gideon.k12.mo.us

 

[robherc]

Check the options:<br>
<br>
INP<br>
ON COM<br>
COM ON<br>
OPEN COM<br>
OUT<br>
WAIT<br>
<br>
under INDEX in your HELP menu....these should do what you are wanting.<br>
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