USB I/O

[CJO]

I seem to remember a post a couple of years ago about USB based I/O's for PCs. I don't remember exactly what they were called, but they allowed program based I/O, etc.

[Rickertsen2]

I seem to remember a post a couple of years ago about USB based I/O's for PCs. I don't remember exactly what they were called, but they allowed program based I/O, etc.

There are a number of companys that make products which fit your description

two examples:
http://www.phidgetsusa.com/cat/viewproduct.asp?category=1000&subcategory=1100&SKU=1012
http://www.labjack.com/labjack_u12.html

[CJO]

phidgets, thats the one I was looking for.

I kept searching for "widgets"