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From: u-mderha%ug.utah.edu@wasatch.UUCP (Max Derhak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Home-grown controllers/interfaces
Keywords: X10 controller and the 8bits
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Date: 19 Dec 88 20:04:34 GMT
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About a year and a half ago, I purchased an X10 controller interface.
It uses RS232 to comunicate to the outside world.  I Was also working on
a joystick interface.  It is simple hardware. It's just a joystick 
cable with a resistor.  The software was simple.  I had the X10 to atari
working sorta ok, but the atari to X10 had bugs.  I gave up and used
an 850 interface which supports rs232 already.  As far as I know there
isn't any software written for the 8bits and the X10, and I have been too
busy with other things to ever get around to doing it.  I do recal that
an (ANTIC/ANALOG?) issue had an article on the X10.  You might try looking
there.