[Coco] x-pad on coco 3

[Stephen Castello]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:46:27 -0400, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> had
a flock of green cheek conures squawk out:

>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

You have to use it in a multi-pak interface or the original coco.  The
X-Pad requires 12volts.  Also, it will not run in high speed on the
coco3.

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Stephen

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