Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!orca!javelin.es.com!blgardne From: blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Old Koala Pad Message-ID: <1991Jan10.144203.9203@javelin.es.com> Date: 10 Jan 91 14:42:03 GMT References: <37819@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation Lines: 22 thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: >peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck) in writes: > Does anyone have the pin-out specifications for a Koala Pad? > It is a pressure sensitive drawing pad made for the old > Atari computers. It was made by Koala Technologies Corp, and >Since some of the C64 peripherals (e.g. joysticks) work just fine on the >Amiga, I would venture to guess you could just plug the Koala pad into the >Amiga's joystick port and see what happens. The Koala "may" simply emulate >a joystick. I don't know anything about the Atari 800 or C-64, but the Koala Pad I had on my Apple IIe looked like an analog joystick to the system. So anything that reads the pot inputs on the Amiga would be a good place to start. I wouldn't be too surprised if you had to rearrange some of the pins though. -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com ...dsd.es.com!javelin!blgardne (I hope) {decwrl, utah-cs}!esunix!blgardne DoD #0046 My other motorcycle is a Quadracer. BIX: blaine_g