write to parallel port on Windows system

[Axel Buchner]

Hi,

I need to send simple signals through the parallel port of one windows 
machine (which displays stuff in a screen) to another (which records 
signals from a person viewing the screen). I can open or close the 
parallel port using

open file "LPT1:" for write
close file "LPT1:"

The open command gets through to the receiving machine. However, when I 
try to write data to the parallel port using

write ... to file "LPT1:"

the machine hangs and requires a shutdown before it will respond 
properly again.

Any help would be greatly apprechiated.

Axel
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Axel Buchner
Institut für Experimentelle Psychologie
Heinrich-Heine-Universität
D-40225 Düsseldorf
Germany

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