From: Zane Vohland <zcvohland@...>
Date: 2008-10-12T13:21:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Interfacing the parallel port

Darius Gai wrote:
> I'm working on a project that requires the outputting of data via the
> parallel port. Basically I want to set certain lines high and low with
> ruby. However, I can't seem to find any example where ruby is used to
> communicate with the parallel port. This project is for a windows
> machine. In the past I've successfully managed to communicate with the
> port using inpout32.dll and VB6. Inpout32.dll would come in handy again,
> but I don't know how to add a dll file to a ruby script.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated! Thx!

Hi Darius,

Check out this example:

http://zanev.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/introducing-ruby-to-the-parallel-port/

Hope it helps!

Zane.
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