Product Description Every PC has a parallel port. Most of us simply plug our printer into it and never think about it again. More sophisticated PC Users will often run several devices through this one port including their printer, a Zip drive or Syquest drive, and even a scanner. Computer hobbyists use the parallel port to plug in all sorts of gadgets and devices to use in their own PC controlled projects. Configuring DOS to allow for this more sophisticated "Interfacing" was fairly simple. Interfacing through the parallel port inside Windows 95 is far from simple. This book helps make it simple. Covers all major "hobbyist" interfacing devices. Organized by device so that users can quickly find the type of device they are interested in and learn all relevant hardware and programming issues as well as suggested uses/projects. Visual Basic is used as the language for accessing the parallel port under Windows 95 (Visual Basic is considered the easiest visual programming language, and is therefore the most accessible to novices).
