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Love what people are doing with the GB Camera and I really wanna start using mine, but I don't know how I can get them to my computer. I have a MadCatz camera link cable which goes to a parallel port. I think my dad might have an old computer with this kind of port somewhere, but I'd rather not have to use his. If I got a parallel port to USB adapter, would I be able to use it on my MacBook? Or does it require extra drivers or something? I also have access to Windows XP but again, I'd rather use my own computer if possible.
Any help is much appreciated.

You need the Mad Catz software, another utility, by a few names: AllowIO, or PortTalk, and manufactured by Beyond Logic. Available here: www.beyondlogic.org/porttalk/porttalk.htm

Install Mad Catz.

Then PortTalk gets installed in the directory of the program you'll use on the parallel port (C:\Program Files\Mad Catz\Camera Link Software\ for example).

You'll need to know your parallel port resource ID, as well. In XP, you can find it by:
-Right-clicking My Computer, choose "Manage"
-Navigate to Device Manager
-Choose "Ports (COM & LPT)"
-Locate the Printer Port (LPT1), double-click it
-Click to the resources tab, the first number in the first IO RANGE field is the number you want, for example: 0378, not 0378-0778

I haven't written a batch, but basically, you need to do the following to open the port:

-Go to Start
-Click "Run"
-Type in CMD and hit enter
-At the prompt, type: CD C:\\, for example: "C:\Program Files\Mad Catz\Camera Link Software\"
-Once you are at the correct directory (your location should have changed from something like C:\ to the directory you just typed in
-Type in: "AllowIO cls.exe 0x378" replacing 0x378 with whatever your IO RANGE number was, with an x inserted after the first digit
-Proceed to open the Mad Catz software and capture files from the cable

It has been working for me for a while, but i forgot exactly what i did initially. That's the big picture, i'm sure we can recreate it if necessary.

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I have no idea if i spelled the name and the addresses on the letters right, you guys have pretty weird names!
And addresses that has weird letters, numbers and sings and dots and all. Woah. Took all morning to figure everything out lol.

All y'all should probably stop taking me seriously