Sensing and Control for hobbyists and schools: Connecting using the parallel port
Other pages in this site should get you all exicted about the sensors and actuators you can put into a control application. This page addresses some of the options for one of the ways to connect them the the PC which is the brains behind the system.
The page is new.. apologies for it being sketchy, and perhaps having rough edges.
Don't let the "joys" of Windows XP get you down. You CAN still access the parallel port, though what I know is restricted to using it mostly for output (8 bits). You can get a few bits of input, though, without great hassle.
There's a lot at the above referenced page... and more to come here, eventually. Sorry!
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