CPC-Mousepack 2.0 - Revision history

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in fact this is an MSX mouse

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 A mouse for the Amstrad CPC. The CPC mousepack was distributed by the German company [[Reisware]].
 The mouse itself is an MSX mouse, which was sold by different companies like Sony and Philips for the MSX computers:
 https://www.msx.org/wiki/Sony_MOS-1
 == Technical ==
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 As it is an MSX mouse you can find information how to read the mouse movements on an MSX here:
 https://www.msx.org/wiki/Mouse/Trackball#Direct_usage_of_mouse
 Now it's maybe possible to understanding the following (old text of this article) in a better way:...
 The exact mechanism that defines when the hardware does output the next 4bit fragment is unknown. The software does manipulate row 9 & row 6 signals, which does somehow request and/or acknowledge the fragments. Looking at the [[Media:CPC Mousepack 2.0 disassembly.txt|disassembled software]], the hardware seems to work like so (not confirmed):
    switch from row0 to row9 --> invoke reading X counter (after 200 clks: MSB, after another 200 clks: LSB)

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 [[Image:CPC mousepack 5.jpg|thumb|The mouse that came with the CPC mousepack]]
-A mouse for the Amstrad CPC. The CPC mousepack was manufactured by the German company [[Reisware]].
+A mouse for the Amstrad CPC. The CPC mousepack was distributed by the German company [[Reisware]].
 == Technical ==
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    Bit0-7  Keyboard keys (dummy read from row 6 is done... to request/acknowledge something...?)
 The exact mechanism that defines when the hardware does output the next 4bit fragment is unknown. The software does manipulate row 9 & row 6 signals, which does somehow request and/or acknowledge the fragments. Looking at the [[Media:CPC Mousepack 2.0 disassembly.txt|disassembled software]], the hardware seems to work like so (not confirmed):
    switch from row0 to row9 --> invoke reading X counter (after 200 clks: MSB, after another 200 clks: LSB)

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	* [[Media:CPC MousePack 2.0.zip]] - driver disk with sample tools		* [[Media:CPC MousePack 2.0.zip]] - driver disk with sample tools

−	[[Category:Input ~~device~~]][[Category:Peripherals]]	+	[[Category:Input Device]][[Category:Peripherals]]

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	* [[Media:CPC MousePack 2.0.zip]] - driver disk with sample tools		* [[Media:CPC MousePack 2.0.zip]] - driver disk with sample tools

−	[[Category:~~Hardware~~]] [[Category:Peripherals]]	+	[[Category:Input device]][[Category:Peripherals]]

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 [[Image:CPC mousepack 5.jpg|thumb|The mouse that came with the CPC mousepack]]
-A mouse for the Amstrad CPC. The CPC mousepack was manufactured by the German company [[Reisware]] and a similiar product to the more known one from the British company [[Advanced Memory Systems]] the [[AMX Mouse]].
+A mouse for the Amstrad CPC. The CPC mousepack was manufactured by the German company [[Reisware]].
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-Mousepack came with software. But nothing else is known about this product. Please supply!
 == Technical ==
-Unknown how to access the mouse by software.
+The mouse/interface includes two buttons (0=pressed), and two signed 8bit motion counters (distance since last access: positive=up/left, negative=right/down). The buttons can be read via the normal BIOS keyboard scanning routines, the motion counters requires custom ASM code that reads & combines four 4bit fragments into two 8bit values (to be done once per frame).
-The Centaur screenshot (see below) claims that using the program with "any other mouse will cause malfunction" - if that's true, then it's apparently not [[AMX Mouse]] compatible.
+The exact mechanism that defines when the hardware does output the next 4bit fragment is unknown. The software does manipulate row 9 & row 6 signals, which does somehow request and/or acknowledge the fragments. Looking at the disassembled software, the hardware seems to work like so (not confirmed):
 == Pictures ==

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	== Download ==		== Download ==

		+	* [[Media:CPC MousePack 2.0.zip]] - driver disk with sample tools

	[[Category:Hardware]] [[Category:Peripherals]]		[[Category:Hardware]] [[Category:Peripherals]]

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	Mousepack came with software. But nothing else is known about this product. Please supply!		Mousepack came with software. But nothing else is known about this product. Please supply!
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		+	== Technical ==
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		+	Unknown how to access the mouse by software.
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		+	The Centaur screenshot (see below) claims that using the program with "any other mouse will cause malfunction" - if that's true, then it's apparently not [[AMX Mouse]] compatible.

	== Pictures ==		== Pictures ==