Xp won't let me use port

[Rolf Jander]

Hello all this is my first post

I wrote a nifty little assembly language com file that let's me
turn on and off any of the 8 data lines on my parralell port.
I am no programing guru, but it works well when running on
a dos boot disk. The problem is Win XP won't let my progam
actually acsess the port is there any way around this?

It's not much but I will give my program to anyone who would
like to play with it

[snakefoot]

Hi and welcome

Not tried this myself, but according some newsgroups it seems one have to update the driver for the parallel port to allow direct access to it in WinXP

A free driver called Port IO can be found here:

http://www.driverlinx.com/Software_Products/softwareproducts.htm

More info about parallel ports (Look for "Programming Tools")

http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm

P.S. This topic might belong to the programming section ;)

[man_im_bored]

this IS the programming section.......

[snakefoot]

Originally posted by man_im_bored
this IS the programming section....... Hehe the thread was moved from Software to Programming after I posted my answer ;)