Hi,

I'm not a programmer, but will wish to pickup some skills on handling and playing with IOs.
IO can be USB input and output signal or ETHERNET IO or parallel port IO.

If both of the above cannot handle the IO communication, anything i can start up with without spending much as a start?

It will be good if anyone can recommend me some good links which can guide me through from scratch.

Thanks and hope any expert can help...

what you want to do is QUITE low level and DOS is not suitable for the job. Other languages like Java/Perl/Python will somehow have modules which does the low level job for you. from the title, i guess you want to try Python. You can checkpyParallel outHi,

Thanks very much for your reply,
have read up the link you provided,
think its still early to get to know in details.
Currently still looking at the python lesson 2
http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/625911

Glad to HEAR python can handle the IO, as least i will not be in the wrong track.
As i have learn a little of dos and found there is limitation to my needs, so have to pickup python now.

i suggest you go through this site, ESPECIALLY the tutorial, by Python's creator himselfOk, started to read them up now.
Btw, do we have Phyton Q and A in this forum for Phyton?
I have learn a lot from the example that people post and answered for DOS,
that make me understand and get to work out the DOS batch file very fast.

Really hope there will be a Pyton Q and A forum just like the DOS.

Thanks...Hmm.. have read up a few pages, think the language is not simple, don't really understand that he say..
Think i probably follow the old tutorial before i come to this.

Thanks anyway.which part you don't understand. you can ask here. the people here will help if they can.Most of them are those programing jargon.
I will make some effort to read more before asking very silly question.

Hmm... this is the good thing about forum, will not FEEL like doing it alone,
coz people here very helpful... =) Thanks...