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- From: john.chang@scala.com
- Subject: Re: SCALA MM400 Mouse/Joystick
- Sender: news@scala.scala.com (Usenet administrator)
- Message-ID: <1996Feb27.195321.10131@scala.scala.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 19:53:21 GMT
- Reply-To: john.chang@scala.com
- References: <4gtfia$ibm@speering.alleg.edu>
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- Organization: Scala Inc.
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- In <4gtfia$ibm@speering.alleg.edu>, groland@doan10.alleg.edu (George Roland) writes:
- >Have any new mouse/joystick sensing features been built into SCALA MM400?
- >
- >I am interested specifically in the following:
- >a.) Can SCALA MM400 sense the x,y location of the mouse pointer and give
- >the user the ability to trigger events based on where the pointer is?
-
- No.
-
- >(I'm *not* talking here about clicking in a box, I'm talking about sensing
- >just from moving the mouse pointer over an area of the screen.)
- >b.) If the above is possible, is it also possible, then, to tell whether
- >the mouse pointer is moving or still, say, by comparing the last x,y to
- >the current x,y and "sensing" thereby whether the pointer has moved since
- >the mouse port was last polled?
-
- Its possible an external CLI program can be made or to provide coordinates,
- which can be sent to the ARexx port. You will need to do some ARexx
- programming to utilize the data for the application. It won't be easy, but
- theoretically, can be done.
-
- >c.) Does SCALA have the ability to send and receive data over the parallel
- >and serial ports?
-
- Not directly. Again, another program that accepts ARexx commands can do
- the "pinging" to the port. The Scala script can be used to "talk" to
- the program.
-
- >d.) Does it have the ability to sense voltages on the joystick pins and
- >trigger events by joystick input?
-
- Again, not directly. ARexx or any ARexx addressable program might do
- the job.
-
-
-
- Regards,
-
- John Chang
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