Re: [Atari800-users] Paddle support
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From: Petr S. <pst...@so...> - 2024-06-03 08:01:58
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Hi Ralph, just a related info: I've been working on a new generation of my Dual Joy USB adapter https://joy.sophics.cz/dual-joystick-usb-adapter/ and I plan on adding paddle support this time as well. Haven't had much time lately but hopefully will get to working it again sometime soon. Petr Dne 2024-06-03 09:02, Ralph Uhl napsal: > Hello Everyone, > > I love the emulator, just one tiny little thing I would really love > to have: > Use my old original paddles with the emulator.... > > So basically I can build a little hardware box that translates the > pot positions to joystick inputs - I have also done this to act as a > mouse, however I keep getting problems with the absolute positions of > the pot and the fact that I can only send relative coordinates - I can > either only use a small portion of the turns reliably or I have to > recalibrate the positions by sending a bunch of left or right moves to > get the position in the emulator right again. > > So if someone could point me in the right direction how to map the > paddles of the emulator to joystick input of the host machine instead > of mouse movement that would be awesome. > I could easily provide Joy3 and Joy4 from the hardware side, or - > Joy1 and 2 - it is also possible to provide both paddles as 2 Axis of > Joy1.................. the real hardware also either had one joystick > OR 2 paddles > > I am not a hardcore programmer but can normally make my way to adapt > code. I checked the input.c but think I am missing something (a lot) > > So anyways any hint is appreciated, > > Ralph > > > _______________________________________________ > Atari800-users mailing list > Ata...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/atari800-users |