[Coco] Coco Digest, Vol 84, Issue 17

[Richard Adams]

I have one of these, Aaron - just ran across it the other day in my storage room (where most of my CoCo stuff still is). There was a serviceable Basic drawing program that came in the manual for it (so you had to type it in).

IIRC, there was also a patch to run CoCo Max on it. I would MUCH rather do artwork on my CoCo with a tablet and pen than try to draw stuff on MacPaint with a mouse (an exercise I heard at the time being likened to trying to draw with a bar of soap).

Does anyone else remember the CoCo Max X-Pad patch? Anyone still have it? I'm almost certain it was mentioned in a Rainbow ad for CoCo Max.

Ciao,

Richard


> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:46:27 -0400
> From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Coco] x-pad on coco 3
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> 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?
> 
> -Aaron

 		 	   		  
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