parallel port programming using Python?

[Mark Ricketts]

I'm kind of a novice when it comes to c programming, I've used basic on the
pc but since I'm acquaninting myself with linux I figured the best way to
learn a new language is to attempt an actual useful project.  I'd like to
build a little xyz robot using stepper motors for motion control that will
be operated via the parallel port.  I've already got the thing working in
the DOS/Windows world, but I am so into the whole linux philosophy that I
want to redo it using Python in Linux.  Python is said to be a very easy
language to pick-up but so far I haven't found any language routines that
will allow me to access the parallel port for this type of control.  So Mike
I'm very interested in what you are doing, maybe you could expand on what
your project is all about, and how it's progressing.


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msdr at sprint.ca


Mike Linnen <mlinnen at usa.net> wrote in message
news:KimO3.9837$pL5.20871 at news.rdc1.az.home.com...
> I am in the process of rolling my own extension to python that allows
> parrallel port access.  If you know C it is not to hard to extend pyhtons
> functionallity.
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> Mark Rickets <markr at tfz.net> wrote in message
> news:19991014.22042400 at mis.configured.host...
> I want to use python for data acquisition from the parallel port.  I
> am using Mandrake-Linux as the operating system  on a PC if that makes
> a difference.  Are there any modules available in Python that allow
> one to access the system parallel port for this type of function?
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> msdr at sprint.ca
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