[Coco] x-pad on coco 3

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:52 PM,  <wdg3rd at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> ----- "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 9:46:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: [Coco] x-pad on coco 3
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently bought a TRS80 X-PAD gt -116 for cheap off evilbay.  Trying
>> to
>> test it out on the coco 3 and it seems it may be a dud but just
>> wondered if
>> there might be another explanation.
>>
>> The manual shows that you should be able to read status info from
>> 65376,65377,and 65378.  Reading these addresses gives constant values
>> no
>> matter what I do with the tablet and pen.  Would the addresses need to
>> be
>> changed when using a coco 3, or any other ideas?
>
> Downgrade to a CoCo One, you might get lucky.  That piece of crap was 50% dead from the box before the CoCo Two was released.  My RSCC refunded six of the ten we sold.
>

actually this one works fine on my coco 3 provided I use the MPI.
still don't know what to do with it though.

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