Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!m2c!jjmhome!cloud9!dts
From: dts@cloud9.UUCP (Daniel Senie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Parallel Printer Port
Keywords: Input
Message-ID: <1841@cloud9.UUCP>
Date: 24 Sep 88 19:38:22 GMT
References: <8579@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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[Question about using the Parallel port for input]

The parallel port on the PS/2 is bidirectional, and so can be used for
input as well as output. The ports on all other IBM PC based machines
(including every clone I have seen specs. for) are set up for output
only. The only "input" lines are status things like paper out.

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