[Coco] Hi-Res Joystick Interface Weirdness

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Sat Feb 10 20:04:32 EST 2018


My guess would be that it is indeed the difference in CPUs, especially if
it is the 6309 CoCo that Max-10 doesn't work with.
The two CPUs handle illegal opcodes differently, which might cause
incompatibility.  Try swapping the CPUs, if they are both socketed.

Art

On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Travis Poppe <travispoppe at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I have two CoCo 3s I've attempted to use MAX-10 with using a hi-res
> joystick interface. Bizarrely, it works perfectly fine on one and not at
> all on the other, with the exact same hi-res interface.
>
> As far as I know, the joystick port(s) and cassette port are just fine; I
> booted up HDB-DOS over the cassette port when I first got it, and regular
> joystick functionality is fine.
>
> Any ideas on what might cause this discrepancy?
>
> One is a 6309, the other a 6809, but I wouldn't think that should matter.
>
> Thanks,
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