parallel port interfacing - 16f84

[sougata]

Hi,

I am just curious why the parallel port. Serial communication is easy to handle on the PC side. But for Parallel you need to have your own soft. I once developed a software for the parallel port using some third party dll. It was in VB.net 2005.

All I can say is it is 100% possible as I have done it and one of my printer port interceptor is still in production.

[devil6600]

Hi!

actually i am already using my serial port for some other purposes. Now the only communication port i am left with is the parallel port.

What ever you told I applied that and now I am able to read a character through the parallel port. I want to read a string (as i told earlier), so I require your help.

Thanks

[mackrackit]

Have you thought about a USB to SERIAL converter?

[devil6600]

yes...

i will be working on DOS..

[sougata]

Hi,

I started my programming with Qbasic in DOS. And my first implementation of electronics was a Voltmeter using ADC0808 and Qbasic.