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by Jan Axelson (Author) "A first step in exploring the parallel port is learning how to get the most from a port with your everyday applications and peripherals ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 343 pages
  • Publisher: ebrandedbooks.com,US; Pap/Dis edition (Dec 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0965081915
  • ISBN-13: 978-0965081917
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17.3 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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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:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful indeed, 19 Dec 2000
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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very thorough treatment of parallel port control from VB., 24 Aug 1998
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book, 24 Jan 1999
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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 outside world. The Active X tools now avliable for programming the parallel port using VB5 and VB6 are not covered. I hope a revised edition will soon follow.
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