Interfacing The Parallel Port
Quote:
> I am currently working on a project to output informatgion to an 20x4
>LCD on a parallel port, but i cannot seem to find any modules or
>documentation, on how to interface the port, i am newish to perl, and all i
>have used it for before is CGI stuff, but i have decided to use perl for
>this project, as i find it such an easy language to work with
Well, it's hard to say. Since you don't say what operating system and/or
hardware you have, and since all device stuff is operating system and/or
hardware-specific, we can't tell you.
Depending on your platform, you either:
* will be able to do it easily
* will not be able to do it
* will be able to do it as long as your interface looks like a
printer
* will be able to do it using syscall
* will be able to do it using an extension module writtten in
another language
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