Atari 2600 - SMS to Lpt

[Youltar]

Hello, Since this site seems to be the most informative I have yet found. I will ask my question here. I have found around 3 differnt ways to connect a Atari 2600/SMS digital pad to a PC via the printer port. I am very intrested in writing my own set of drivers for one of these interfaces as I do not want drivers that have all the extra stuff in it ..nes, snes, psx, tgfx...so on and so on. I am definitly not a programming guru by any means, but yet have dabbeld in C++ alot, Is there any sample code or some place I could start with for this little project?? any help is greatly appreciated.

[Lawrence]

Having extra code that you're not using isn't going to affect your performance or make any kind of measurable impact on a modern machine.  Reinventing the wheel may sound like fun, but driver-level programming isn't for the faint of heart.  That said I can't help you, but maybe someone else can.