Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdragon!jeboritz
From: jeboritz@watdragon.waterloo.edu (J. Efrim Boritz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Parallel Printer Port
Keywords: Input
Message-ID: <8579@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 20 Sep 88 20:00:23 GMT
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Is it possible to use the parallel printer port for input? From reading
the Tech. Ref. Manual, I get the idea that having an external device drive
the data pins is a no-no. Is this the case?

If possible, I want to write a program to receive what the printer is getting
(from another computer over a network) to track a problem we are having.
I would appreciate any pointers (or even code?!?) from anyone with some
knowledge in this area.

Respond to 
     jeboritz@dragon.waterloo.edu
or   watmath!watdragon!jeboritz
or   nick@wataco.bitnet

Thanks in advance, Nick.