Cool website describing how to attatch Disco Lights to your computer's parallel port. Then you use a Winamp plug-in to make the lights flash to the beat of the music. This can be built in 3 ways... 8 LED's on the data lines, 8 solid state relays for regular 120 volt lights or a 32 bit 120 volt light set-up. Thanks Andrew! Link.
HOW TO make parallel port disco lights...
Cool website describing how to attatch Disco Lights to your computer's parallel port. Then you use a Winamp plug-in to make the lights flash to the beat of the music. This can be built in 3 ways... 8 LED's on the data lines, 8 solid state relays for regular 120 volt lights or a 32 bit 120 volt light set-up. Thanks Andrew! Link.
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