o.k. on pin 12 (0x20) I measured +5V. when I "bind" it down to 0V (pin 25 is grounded to 0V-conncected with ground of the signal generator) nothing happens with VE: VE always sees "32" (suppose this means 2power5).... so either the VE code doesn't work properly with my thinkpad (although I run VE as su) or....do I need to change the LPT settings in the bios? thanks christoph ====================================== The Vision Egg mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/visionegg Website: http://www.visionegg.org/mailinglist.html