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- From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Atari track-ball question
- Message-ID: <Jim_Johnson.0aoo@abcd.Houghton.MI.US>
- Date: 4 Nov 92 03:51:25 GMT
- Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch
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- In a message dated Tue 3 Nov 92 13:11, Rmo@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (robert M.
- wrote:
- RM> Could anyone fill me in on what would be necessary (if it is even
- RM> possible?)
- RM> to interface a trak-ball from an old Atari 800 system to a PC?
-
- RM> Thanks,
- RM> Bob Opalko
- RM> rmo@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu
-
- The Atari trackball is a digital device. IMHO, to interface with a PC COM
- port you would likely have to build electronics and write a driver that
- would equal the cost of a PC trackball.
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