reading from a parallel port

[FaceMan]

In article <1991Apr9.205714.14917 at msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jap at convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) writes:
>dave at cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
>
>>In article <1991Apr8.182526.17852 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> djk at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Doug Kelly) writes:
>>>Hello, Im trying to write a program to interface to my Epson ES-300C color
>>>scanner.  It uses a bi-directional parallel interface, and i cant figure out
>>>how to 'read' from a parallel port.  Im using borland turbo c, any help would
>>>be appreciated.  Thanks
>
>How has this ANYTHING at all to do with C???
   It's written in C. Would comp.lang.pascal been better?
>
>This is a *VERY* *MACHINE* *SPECIFIC* question.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   It is? Hmmm, coulda sworn parellel ports were pretty standard.....

>Why don't you try asking this in an appropriate group?
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   Which is?


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