Re: Power Glove quest...

[sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

>Nope.  The IIgs joystick uses analog inputs to determine the joystick
>position.  This power glove appears to use some kind of clocked
>digital signal, which is definitely not compatible.
>
>Some more information would be needed on the use of the "clock",
>"latch" and "data" lines, particularly the format of data passed over
>them, and which device drives each signal.
>
>I expect the clock and latch are outputs from the computer and
>data is an input.  If so, it may be possible to interface to the power
>glove to the IIgs using the internal 16-pin game connector: you would
>have to use two of the annunciator outputs to drive the clock and latch
>signals, and one of the switch inputs to read the data signal.
>
>It may be possible to write an Event Manager driver which would allow
>the glove to emulate a mouse, but not a joystick.

I have in my hands an article describing an interface for the glove, done
with a little Intel uProc. It's for the PC, but could possibly reasonably
easily be adapted for the GS. Only drawback: The whole thing's in German
:). Anyone who speaks German and is a hardware guy wants a go at this, I'll
make a copy and post it off.


Soenke
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