[Hardware interfacing]PCI Parallel Port interfacing in C++

[deathgame44]

I want some help regarding PCI Parallel Port interfacing in C++.
Can anyone help here?
If there is a built-in parallel port, the address to access it is 0x378 or 0x278.
Now, I have two problems here:
1 - Its PCI Parallel Port (address is D070 as Device manager - resources say)
2 - I have Windows 7 64bit.

I would appreciate if someone can assist here.
Tried porttalk and some other softwares, but they ain't working on 64 bit windows.

 

[ajk0123]

hi... i once did parallel port interfacing back in my university days... it is quite a good hobby i must say... I did it in C# .NET and yes the access address to the port is 0x378... one more thing... you cannot access the port directly (directly = using a single line of code in any language)... that is because of many windows restrictions that have been imposed over the years... one of which is limited direct access to the ports... because its quite similar to hacking the hardware as you may guess... you need a dynamic link library, a dll file... by the name of inpout32.dll... search it on google and you will find many articles about it... its just like an API (Application Programming Interface)... contains two simple functions for port input and output for both 32bit and 64bit architectures...

And let me tell you parallel port interfacing is more of an art than hobby... i did 3 or 4 home projects... my personal best was turning on leds with my plasma tv remote and controlling a remote control car from my computer...

Hope my information is helpful... Happy PP interfacing...

regards,
Assad