Kool Aid Man compatible detection

[Thomas Jentzsch <tjentzsch@xxxxxx>]

Hi,
while working a little bit on my invaders demo, I wrote this little
piece of code, which identifies if a console is
"Kool-Aid-Man-compatible" or not.

I thought it might be a good idea to share it:

    lda     #$7f
    sta     HMP1        ;       enable P1
    sta     ENAM0       ;       enable M0
    sta     GRP1
    sta     WSYNC
    sta     RESM0
    sta     RESP1
    sta     HMOVE       ;       HMOVE during RESPx
    sta     WSYNC       ;       start new line
    sta     CXCLR       ;       clear any collisions
    sta     WSYNC       ;       wait one line
    lda     CXM0P       ;       if M0/P1 collision then
    sta     console     ;         console = Kool Aid Man compatible (bit7=1)

It works on my consoles (I have an incompatible Chinese Jr), maybe you
can verify this. The attached program switches to a red background if
your console is compatible.

Have fun!
Thomas                            
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