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A reference and guide for all those who use the parallel port of a PC to communicate with printers and other peripheral machines. It contains time-saving tips, tools and examples, and advice on how to use the port to its full potential, including the high-speed, bi-directional modes.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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For many people involved in a project to connect something to a PC parallel port this book will be the only one needed. It contains detailed information about almost all aspects of parallel port interfacing for PC systems.
The author covers the port from the nitty gritty of designing and building custom hardware to connect to the parallel port to the higher level protocols such as the IEEE standard for daisy chain negotiation on the port.
The book covers all of the different modes of operation including ECP and EPP as well as the original parallel port and the PS/2 or bidirectional port.
As well as the descriptions of these aspects of the parallel port the book includes a disk with code to access and drive the port from Windows Visual Basic programs.
The book is aimed squarely at the PC & Windows world but it is applicable outside that environment. Many systems now include parallel ports that are register compatible with the PC parallel port from a programming point of view. More that that, the protocols that operate between the computer and the peripheral are standard and so something like the daisy chain protocol is relevant to any architecture that wants to use it.
My only criticism is the way in which some information is presented. It's not that anything is left out, but by way of an example, the IEEE standard document is a more readable description of the daisy chain protocol than this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very good book for those interested in controlling the parallel port interface on the PC. The most common usage is for cheap/inexpensive data acquisition or control, but the book also covers "LapLink" type transfers, high speed printing and device chaining. In my opinion, this books greatest strength is that all of the code is provided in Visual Basic, Delphi and C. Visual Basic and Win95/WinNT cannot directly control the printer port, so the authors have made a library of routines for use with any language, thus filling a hole that exists in Visual Basic. Anyone who wants to directly control the parallel port from Visual Basic will find everything they need (both on disk and in instruction) in this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I had a problem with this system I designed to capture parallel port output of a "black box". Thanks to this book I found out why it would work on one system but would not on another. And obviously I could fix it.
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This book is really good at giving a range of examples on how to achieve what you need with the parallel port. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2006 by M. Riley
A deep insight in parallel port misteries !!
A good and useful book ! This guide succeeded in solving our PS2 parallel port communication problems.
Published on 8 July 1999
Very informative book
This book is an ideal text to get you started with using the Parallel port. A great deal of useful examples are provided on how to use the parallel port to interface to the... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 1999
Great book with one HUGE drawback
There's a pretty thorough overview of all sorts of PC parallel ports and their use for non-trivial interfacing (other that the printers, that is. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 1998
Very good, a must buy for any programmer
This is a well written book. The example code is very easy to follow and no stone is left unturned. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 1997
This book provides one of a kind information. Buy it!
Axelson's book conducts you through the intricacies of accessing your PC parallel port from Visual Basic. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 1997
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