You should check the parallel port info at http://www.lvr.com

Getting to the parallel port under Windows (especially NT/2K/XP) requires
interface software to get past the OS restrictions on addressing hardware
directly.



bob  wrote:

>Hi I have Visual Basic 6.0 enterprise edition, but have only wrote
>some simple code examples from a beginner's book.
>I would like to read an SPI A/D converter (Maxim's MAX1280) but using
>my PCs Parallel port.
>I need to send out three 8-bit words and simultaneously read back in
>three 8-bit words.
>
>It can be as simple as three windows that I can enter the hex or
>binary (or decimal) numbers to be sent out and another three windows
>for the returned data. Then just a button to start the transfer.
>
>Does anyone have something like this?
>Or do they know of anything similar? Perhaps one word at a time?
>
>I have searched the web and the closest that I could find was very
>complex and difficult for a beginner to modify.
>Martin

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