Talking to Parallel Port
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Does anyone know if I can talk to the parallel port the same way I'd do so with the serial port ( eg CreateFile(...,"COM1",...) -> CreateFile(...,"LPT1",...) ). It'd be easy to test it out, but I don't have the hardware that I want to talk to - and I won't buy it unless I know I can talk to it over the parallel port under Win2k. If anyone's interested, I'm trying to figure out whether or not I could build a Win2k driver for this Seiko 320x240 monochrome LCD screen (for an oboard computer in my car). -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Hello, I'm doctor stupid. I'm going to take out your liver bones!" - Ralph Wiggum
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Does anyone know if I can talk to the parallel port the same way I'd do so with the serial port ( eg CreateFile(...,"COM1",...) -> CreateFile(...,"LPT1",...) ). It'd be easy to test it out, but I don't have the hardware that I want to talk to - and I won't buy it unless I know I can talk to it over the parallel port under Win2k. If anyone's interested, I'm trying to figure out whether or not I could build a Win2k driver for this Seiko 320x240 monochrome LCD screen (for an oboard computer in my car). -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Hello, I'm doctor stupid. I'm going to take out your liver bones!" - Ralph Wiggum
Check this out: http://www.naughter.com/parallelport.html I've used his serial port wrapper class with great success. Mike Mullikin "Real programmers don't document their code. It was hard to write - it should be hard to read!"
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Check this out: http://www.naughter.com/parallelport.html I've used his serial port wrapper class with great success. Mike Mullikin "Real programmers don't document their code. It was hard to write - it should be hard to read!"
Friggin' perfect! I'm somewhat disappointed, though, as now I'll have to spend $200 on this LCD screen so I can start playing with it! :) Thanks. -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Hello, I'm doctor stupid. I'm going to take out your liver bones!" - Ralph Wiggum