input from parallel port

Hello! can anyone tell me what's wrong with my code?  It's supposed to get input from my parallel port.  I compiled it with turbo c++.  I'm using windows me.

#include <dos.h>
#include <iostream.h>

main()
{
for( unsigned int i = 0; i < 256; i++ )
  {
  int x = inportb( 0x379 );
  cout<<x<<" ****"<<'\n';
  sleep( 1 );
  }
}

the output i get is:

120 ****
120 ****
... and so on...

this happens even though I put one of the input pins into high logic( 5V ).  Can anyone tell me what's wrong?  thanks!