Question about the joystick port on the Amiga 1200

[patrik]

All Amigas have the same joystick/mouse-port hardware, so as long as the software supports a CD32 pad, there is no problem.

Via lowlevel.library which was introduced with kick3.1, you can use CD32-pads easily from the os. Actually, lowlevel.library is far from just about CD32-pads, it enables the programmer to in a simple manner read input-devices like keyboard/mouse/joystick, do timing, set some "game-handy" interrupts, and do some system-control.

If you have a game that bangs the metal, and doesnt use lowlevel.library, it can use a CD32 pad on a kick1.3 A500.


/Patrik

[patrik]

@_ThEcRoW:

I wrote "if you have a game that bangs the metal and doesnt use lowlevel.library". With that I mean a game that reads the joyport directly from the hardware registers and interpret the "CD32pad-protocol" by itself.

As I also wrote, lowlevel.library was introduced in kick3.1.

So - yes you can use a CD32-pad on an A500, but you wont be able to use the extra buttons unless your game supports them without lowlevel.library or if it supports them via lowlevel.library and you have kick3.1 in that A500.

If you dont understand a post, try atleast to read it one more time before posting a reply.


/Patrik