BTW, a member of the Commodore 64 community just hooked me up with a Suncom
Icontroller for a decent price, so a project may happen soon.
I have been loosely bouncing an idea around in my head for a graphic adventure
game on the M100 that would fit well in the limits of the hardware. On that
note, is anyone here aware of any graphics adventure projects already done? The
idea bouncing around in my head is to match up the black and white of the M100
by doing a Noir mystery or just something with the feeling of an old movie.
Small, but compelling animations, some small cutscenes, and a UI that fits in
with the M100. I haven’t fully hashed out the story yet, just kind of a visual
concept in my head that plays out on my inner chalkboard.
Scott M.
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https://ftp.whtech.com/club100/doc/p100-9002.pdf
Article on adding a serial mouse to Model 100 in February 1990 Portable 100.
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On Sunday, January 10, 2021, 03:06:26 PM PST, Hiraghm <hira...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
I have two Gravis Stinger joypads, (which are still available new on Amazon).
<https://www.amazon.com/Gravis-G43011-Stinger-Laptop-Game/dp/B00000K4TR>
The thing about the Stinger is that it was designed to connect to the serial
port, not the game port. Its purpose was to give laptop owners the ability to
play games with joysticks on laptops with no gameport. They're very small, but
they work okay.
At one time I wanted to write joystick drives for them for Irix to use with my
O2; alas, I failed and no longer have my beloved O2.
I do, however, have example source code for a driver under linux... if I can
find it.
It should work as a basis for writing a "driver" for the M100. At least info on
how to talk to them.
Just checked; there's some info on gravis stinger joystick drivers for linux on
the internet, too.
Again, I think they can be adapted for the M100
?Here's also an article on using an arduino to convert a regular joystick to a
serial joystick, in linux.
<https://github.com/mcgurk/Linux-Arduino-Serial-Joystick>
I don't know if it can be adapted to work with the M100 or not.
I'd be equally interested in a way to adapt a serial mouse or preferably
trackball or trackpad to work with the M100.
Would it be possible to adapt an Atari style joystick to the barcode port?
Sounds to me like the method suggested for the parallel port would work for the
barcode port. Or maybe a PC style joystick could be adapted to work with the
cassette port? :D
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> If I ever find one of these for a decent price again, I am thinking it might
> be neat to hack one of these on to the M100. Probably need to tap into the
> keyboard matrix. Anyone else do something similar to get a more intuitive use
> of the arrow keys?
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Suncom-ICONtroller-Joystick-for-Commodore-64-128-Computer/154044424400?hash=item23ddc360d0:g:QDYAAOSweRhfNXC8
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> https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog_december17_4/car_sbd_111217_03.jpg
