[Coco] PIA keyboard input?
James Dessart
james at skwirl.ca
Sun Dec 7 14:40:00 EST 2003
I'm trying to figure out how to read the keyboard from the PIA, and
I've checked out BASIC Unravelled. What it seems to be is that you
place a 0 into the bit of the column strobe that you want, and then
check the rows to see if there are keys depressed in that row. Is that
correct?
So, as I see it, to find out which keys are depressed, I need to roll a
0 through the column register, and check the row register. Depending
on which I see depressed, I can say which keys are pressed. Do I have
a good understanding of this? Other than the joystick button bit, are
there any caveats to this?
James
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