[Coco] x-pad on coco 3

[George Ramsower]

  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.


  I tend to agree with Ward on this device. I've never come up with a practical application for it other than a couple hours of novelty playing with it. 
  Maybe I should pull the three I have out of storage and dump them. Been there for MANY years and I have no desire to play with them.

George