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paralell port

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thomasalice

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Aug 11, 1999
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US
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
 
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
 
Check the options:<br>
<br>
INP<br>
ON COM(n)<br>
COM(n) ON<br>
OPEN COM(n)<br>
OUT<br>
WAIT<br>
<br>
under INDEX in your HELP menu....these should do what you are wanting.<br>
<p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>*nix installation & program collector/reseller. Contact me if you think you've got one that I don't :)
 
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