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Re: [LUG] My LCD project

 

Paul Sutton wrote:

> the old speccy one did that
>
> for up down left right,  the codes were 1,2,4,8, ( not neccessaraly
> respectivley) and fire 16,  I remember a friend wiring up the joystick
> port to his bedroom / office room door, so when one was closed the
> computer would say something like bedroom door is closed,
>
> a bit of a botch job but it worked,  I also remember him coming over
> to mine and we managed to load one game in to two computers at the
> same time, only one crashed and hung after loading, but hey it
> worked.  that was back in the days of the good ol tape recorder data
> storage and retrival system,
>
> Paul
>
Ahh those were the days.  You'll oftern find me browsing the Retro Gamer
forums and occasionally posting.  I still enjoy them old systems even if
it is only through emulation (due to lack of space and nagging girlfriend).

Rob


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