[Coco] A way to use a serial mouse?

[Mark McDougall]

Andrew wrote:

> It would be real simple then to do some other funky things, such as 
> "mouse macros", as well as create a form of hi-res interface (if you 
> connected to the cassette port). I could also see this thing interfaced 
> to the bit-banger serial port...

I'm surprised no-one has done a PS/2 adapter for Coco joysticks and mice. 
Commercial adapters exist for other platforms, such as Amiga, for example. 
Though they aren't cheap! So I did a small run of Amiga PS/2 adapters myself 
some time back... (still got a few left!)

I'd be particularly interested in an adapter that allowed you to use 
different analogue joysticks/gamepads on the Coco. I've dabbled with the 
idea of producing one myself... a cheap embedded micro with some DACs would 
do the trick nicely. I'd add a feature that allowed you to use a digital 
joystick as well - most games I've come across really only use the Coco 
joystick as a "digital" controller anyway. It'd be cool to use my X-Arcade 
Stick on the Coco! ;)

Regards,

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