Re: Apple II's paddle 3 button

[Stefano Priore <stefano.priore@inwind.it>]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> Stefano Priore asked:

>>To which memory location is paddle 3's button mapped? Some sources seem
>>to imply that it's mapped to $c064, but according to others this switch
>>reads joystick #1's X axis...

> There is no "official" relationship between Paddle 3 ("GC3") and a
> particular pushbutton, since there are 4 paddle inputs and only
> 3 pushbutton inputs.

> The third pushbutton input, usually referred to as PB2 but called
> "pb3" on p.79 of the Reference Manual, is read at location $C063.

OK, now I see what confused me. But does this mean that Apple II's
hardware can't read the status of the fourth pushbutton (PB3)?

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