Glenn Saunders wrote:
> Other than Atari systems like the XEGS, 7800, or the unused capability in
> the 5200, the only other systems I know of that supported a light pen/gun
> were the Astrocade (at least I know it had a port for it) and the Vectrex
> (which probably operated under principles similar to the earliest 1960s
> style light pens which were originally used with oscilliscope monitors).
And being the Commodore advocate that I am, the two C64 based consoles
supported the light pen. One was the pretty much non-existant (but
still
mentioned in the C64 Programmer's Reference Guide) Ultramax, the other
was the C64GS which was released in England around 1990.
I'm becoming a lot more comfortable with programming the 2600 now -
I've got a square sprite moving over a playfield under joystick
control now.
And my C64 playbin program is working really well now, just going
to start working on the docs for it - perhaps I'll work on a bit
of a 2600 tutorial, not that I'm an expert :)
--
Robin Harbron <robinh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://www.tbaytel.net/macbeth
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