Re: Apple II Mouse under Applesoft

[bill_gates@microsoft.com (Simon Williams)]

Bender MX <no@morespam.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I seem to remember using the Apple II with a mouse, and being able to
> program an Applesoft basic program to actually read the mouse x,y and
> button.
> What I can't remember is how it's done - or honestly, if I do remember
> correctly about being able to use the mouse with applesoft!
> 
> 10 PRINT CHR$(4);"IN#4":REM MOUSE SLOT
> 20 X=PEEK(49254):Y=PEEK(49255)
> 30 BU=PEEK(49188)
> 40 VTAB 10:HTAB1:PRINT"X=";X;"  Y=";Y;"   BUTTON=";BU;"     ";
> 50 GOTO 20
> 
> ^^^ Would this work or ? ^^^
> 
> Am I on crack, or can this be accomplished? - The memory is fading somewhat
> from those early Applesoft days!

You can do mouse programming from Applesoft, but I seem to think it's a
bit more involved than your example... I think you might have to jump
through a few hoops to init the mouse, maybe... Anyway, you might do
well to Google this group as I'm pretty sure that's where I found
information when I was curious about mouse programming (ie: before
deciding it all sounded like too much trouble).

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