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From: RCH@cup.portal.com (Ric C Helton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Home-grown controllers/interfaces
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Date: 13 Dec 88 00:05:23 GMT
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Has anyone made/built/otherwise devised, any home-grown controllers, or
built interfaces for their joystick ports?  I read both ANTIC and ANALOG
magazines, and every now & then someone will writ an article showing how
to make a parallel printer port with the joystick port.  Or use your old 800
as a print buffer.  

Remember the old AtariLab kits?  I never saw one, or got to play with them, 
and wondered if 1) they were still available? 2) they were worth bothering
with? 3) were improved to real-world interfacing, such as the recent X-10 
remote control power modules that have long been available on the C64 and
Radio Shack Coco computers....?

I am looking for something that will allow remote control, security system
applications, equipment monitoring, etc... Thanks for any mail or postings!

-Ric Helton
RCH@cup.portal.com
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