[Mouse for ZX]
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From Andrew Leslie → To All 9 February 1998
Let the earth be down to you, All...
Speaking of birds, no one knows whether there is some kind of addition to the emulator of comrade Shalaev
that allows you to use a mouse instead of Kempston Joistick (and
and instead of Sinclair Joystick will work, actually :) ? Because of my stupidity, I can’t do this :( Maybe someone has?
You are welcome, All. Welcome to die. With beast wishes, - Andrew...
From Max Lanskih → To All 10 February 1998
Hello, Andrew!
09 Feb 98 at 21:52 Andrew Leslie drank a bottle of beer and, starting to slow down, wrote
for All the following:
AL> Speaking of birds, no one knows whether there is some kind of addition to the emulator of comrade Shalaev
AL> that allows you to use a mouse
AL> instead of Kempston Joistick (and Instead of Sinclair, the Joystick will work, actually :)? Because of
AL> I can’t do this :( Maybe someone has?
So in Shalaev, Kempston Mouse itself is supported.
With Best Wishes. [TEAM Speccy-r00leZ] [TEAM X-fILes]
[TEAM ┼he Pr0d!9Y] MaGeLan.
From Andrew Leslie → To All 12 February 1998
AL>> Shalaev some kind of addition that allows you to use a mouse instead of Kempston
AL>> Joistick (and instead of Sinclair a Joystick will work, actually :)? I
AL>> because of my stupidity, I can’t do this :( Maybe
AL>> someone has it?
ML> So in Shalaev, Kempston Mouse itself is supported.
So, if I saw mouse support in some games, I forgot it a long time ago. And
I need rats for: Hero Quest 1&2 and, although would be the same Shadowfire. There the mouse is not
supported :(((Or?..
You are welcome, Max. Welcome to die. With beast wishes, - Andrew...
From Igor Gruzdev → To All 13 February 1998
AL> Joistick mouse (and instead of Sinclair the Joystick will work, actually :)? I
AL> because of my stupidity, I can’t do this :( Maybe
AL> has someone?
Are you talking about a mouse inserted in place of the Kempston joystick? IMHO no. Why?
With all sorts of regards and wishes.
Igor.
... The past will not return. He has a conflict with future.
From Andrew Leslie → To All 18 February 1998
IG> Are you talking about a mouse inserted in place of the Kempston joystick? IMHO no. A
IG> why?
Why is that?! Yes, in the same Hero Quest it will be much easier to play around with the steering wheel than with the keyboard... Well, and all sorts of Shadowfire and so on...
You are welcome, Igor. Welcome to die. With beast wishes, - Andrew...
From Max Romanoff → To All 19 February 1998
Andrew is that you?
...why were you telling Igor Gruzdev about [Mouse for ZX]?
AL> Why is that?! Yes, in the same Hero Quest you will have a lot more fun with the steering wheel
AL> than with the keyboard... Well, and all sorts of Shadowfire and others...
there are versions converted for KM. And the noise on the KM port of the mouse will be 100 times worse. Guess why.
Good Luck...
... Apple Mac'n'toss - Throw your apples away!
From Andrew Leslie → To All 21 February 1998
MR> there are versions converted for KM.
This, of course, is a buzz, but it doesn’t make it any easier for me, I don’t have such
versions ;(
MR> And the noise on the KM port of the mouse will be 100 times worse. Guess why.
You speak in riddles ;) Kempston - closed/open, and rats - somewhat
differently, this is all understandable, but really nothing can be done?
You are welcome, Max. Welcome to die. With beast wishes, - Andrew...
From Max Romanoff → To All 22 February 1998
Andrew is that you?
...why were you telling me about [Mouse for ZX]?
AL> This, of course, is a buzz, but it doesn’t make me any easier, I don’t have
AL> such versions ;(
we must try to get the correct versions of the program, not force
the authors of emuls to emulate various mammoth poops.
AL> You speak in riddles ;) Kempston is closed/open, and the rats -
AL> are somewhat different, this is all understandable, but really nothing
AL> can be done?
possible. The program should poll it very often. which does not occur
in nature.
Good Luck...
... "If you can't make it good, make it LOOK good." - Bill Gates
From Andrew Leslie → To All 25 February 1998
AL>> This, of course, is buzz, but it doesn’t make me feel any better, I don’t have
AL>> such versions ;(
MR> we must try to get the correct versions of the program, and not force
MR> emulator authors to emulate different mammoth poop.
Well, about poop, you’re wrong, IMHO, it would be a very useful stray. And about the correct versions - good for you, in Leningrad, well, as far as I remember, it was always the city of the Sinclairists and, accordingly, it’s very easy to get something there.
And how do you tell me to be, in Volgograd? We seem to have comrades who have remembered
that there are not just a few computers besides IBM, but very few.
From Max Romanoff → To All 4 March 1998
AL> Well, about poop, you are wrong, IMHO, it would be a very useful device
AL>. And as for the correct versions - good for you, in Leningrad, it would be, if only. if you saw how it works, you would
throw up right away.
AL> I remember that there has always been a city of Sinclairists and, accordingly, getting
AL> something there is very simple. How would you like me to be, in Volgograd?
AL> It seems like we have comrades who remembered that there are computers besides IBMK not
AL> just few, but very few. And fekha doesn’t come to us :(
we must try to develop forward, not backward.
AL> So? What’s the problem? Doing something like this, IMHO, is not particularly difficult, I would
AL> do it myself if I knew what and how to do it correct.
The problem is that either your mouse or the program is working.
One of my buddies, a long time ago, in St. Petersburg made a graphic editor for
the smoothness of drawing was achieved very, very
by regularly polling the state of the joystick.
At that time. as for a simple mouse, 50 times per second is enough for
normal operation.
Good Luck...
... If it doesn't move, eat it. If it moves, kill it.