Kari Lammassaari wrote:
>
> >
> >Hey! First, I do not know what a light-pen is (something like those 'guns'
> >with which you can shoot at the screen???) (hehehe...),
>
> It's like a pen. You put it on the monitor screen, press the switch and
> begin to draw.
These ligthguns also use 2 active wires ..... (Plus GND , VCC and one
wire
for the trigger on a total of five wires.)
I think the only thing different with the ligthguns are the lenses
system, to
allow long distance dot sensing on the screen , and of course the shape
of it !
;) I�m sure that a ligth pen doesn�t look like a toy ... :)
> >and second, it will
> >have tobe connected to the joystick-port and therefor it will have to be
> >read using the PSG.
>
> No, You open Your MSX2 with VDP 9938 , solder the light pen and lightpen
> switch wires on the VDP pins 26 and 27 and two wires on GND. (ps. VDP 9958
> does not have lightpen pins . Their function is changed :-(
No problem ... I will hook a lightgun on a V9938 anyway ! I hope it
fits ! :)
By the way ... may you send me the electrical diagram for the pen ?
This is
a really interesting device. (My mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> >The VDP has got features for it but they can't be used (unless you want to
> >solder it to your VDP).
I don�t bug on hacking my msx .... All I want is to add more pehiperals
to
it !
> Both Nyyrikki and I knew that and I soldered my MSX 10 years ago :-)
Hmmmmm ..... :)
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