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Did the IBM Game Control Adapter have I/O port aliases?
I was taking a look at the logic diagram in the manual for the original IBM game port adapter card:
In the upper-left corner of the schematic, there is the circuitry responsible for decoding the I/O ...
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How did the BBC sideways ROM software for the AMX mouse process the user port input data to determine x and y movement?
This mouse plugged into the user port on the underside of the BBC micro models. The mouse came with software in the form of a sideways ROM which provided APIs, CLI commands for own programs as well as ...