On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Doug Spence wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers wrote:
> > [re; CoCo Max cartridge]
> > > The cartridge is a high-resolution joystick interface that worked with
> > > (if you had a Multi-pak Interface) the CoCo-Max drawing program. Mine
> > > was stolen ten years ago, but it was a very nice system.
> > Were the standard joysticks from Radio Shack not hi-res enough to use for
> > drawing?
>
> The same joysticks were used, though the Deluxe type were better -- the
> CoCo Max interface was realy good "fine tuning", it read and interpreted
> the position better.
To clarify things a little bit, the regular joystick ports resolved
to values of 0-63 horizontally and vertically. This was great for
games, but totally inadequate for fine detail in the higher graphic
resolutions, i.e. 256x192. I absolutely cannot recall what range of
values the Coco-Max interface resolved, but it was at least 256x256.
--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe
Received on Sun Jun 22 1997 - 19:32:28 BST