Re: Parallel port device

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:37:42 +0200 (MEST)

Bradley D. LaRonde wrote:
> That way you could probably use the regular parport driver to
> output a byte, and if your computer goes off, your device can keep its
> state.

>From the sounds that a normal printer makes when a computer is turned
of I'd say that the parport doesn't go down without putting out a few
spikes possibly latching a different value....

Roger.

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