Thread: PC Parallel Port Circuit
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Re: PC Parallel Port Circuit
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
...There are lots of third-party software components which streamline this access and encapsulate it into an ActiveX, .NET or other (e.g. VCL for Delphi) component. Finding a free one of those might be necessary....
It is really pretty easy to port the code in the parallel port kit's manual listed above to Visual Basic.

I think it only took me about an hour or two to get it up and running in VB.

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