On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:14:14PM +0000, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> I wonder if something can be done with the PC speaker pins. Other options
> are the PS/2 and USB ports. The floppy disk connector on the motherboard 
> could also be used. What's the easiest to deal with?

If USB is an option, it is probably your best bet. There are experimental
boards that connect a few general purpose IO things, counters, LEDs, and
what-have-you to USB. Not too expensive, even.

Martin