|  Mouse Extension | | Title: | Mouse Extension | | Category: | Utility | | Release Date: | 2024-03-18 | | Language: | English | | Size: | 64K | | Machine: | PAL & NTSC | | Code Type: | Machine code | | Distribution: | Freeware | | Code by: | bszggg | | Notes: | An OS extension with mouse pointer and other mouse features. |
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| | Description | ##Mouse Extension v1.0 - Mouse for commodore plus/4
# Git:
https://gitlab.com/bszggg/plus4mouse
#Features
- Handle the Amiga mouse with NST's audio extension (and other too)
- Handle RS232 serial mouse with ACIA
- Handle commodore 1351 mouse with sid card
- Char mode cursor
- Graphical cursor in HiRes mode
- Graphical cursor in MultiColor mode
- Handle split screen in both graphical modes
- The pointer display is independent from the client program (use the raster interrupt to it)
- Easy use and optimized to BASIC
- Less memory usage (uses just the RS232 reserved memory addresses)
- Handle the multi rows basic line (important for command mode)
- Fast display
#Command mode
- Left click : Place the original cursor to the mousepointer
- Right click : Clear the actual mouse cursor position
#Handles
- Mouse positions
- Left click
- Right click
- 2 buttons in one time (In Amiga mouse is middle)
#Hot keys / with hot keys
| CTRL + F1 | Exit | | CTRL + inst/del (in V1.0 version) | Exit | (REMOVED in the V1.1 !) | | CTRL + cursors | move the pointer | | CTRL + space | Left click | | CTRL + return | right click | | COMMODORE + click + cursor move up/down | reposition the split row |
#After exit
- it can be run again with sys1015 ; g03f7
#Addresses that we can read for pointers
; MERGED 180-as cursor - Same pointer for the two type mouse
.MerHiColX =$042d ; x 180 merge
; MERGED CHAR MOUSE POINTER
.MerCharX =$042e ; X 80 - for Char mode
.MerCharY =$042f ; Y 40 - for Char mode
; MERGED MOUSE POINTER - Limitalt MERGED 320-as kurzor
.MerLimBtn =$0430 ; Buttons 7-es bit bal, 6-middle, 5-right,
.MerLimXHi =$0431 ; x mergeHI
.MerLimX =$0432 ; x merge
.MerLimY =$0433 ; y merge
; STORED FOR BASIC - MERGED MOUSE POINTER
.MerLimXHiStor =$0434 ; x mergeHI stored
.MerLimXStor =$0435 ; x merge stored
.MerLimYStor =$0436 ; y merge stored
Basic pointer storage fill. (It fills STORED FOR BASIC from MERGED MOUSE POINTER)
.jmpStoreBasicSI =$0420 ;
#Used memory addresses at working
$fc $fd - RS232 zero page pointer
$03f7 - 0436 : RS232 putter addresses - uses for the routines (jumping for ram-rom, runs, interrupt handler)
$07cd -$07d8 : RS232 working addresses - uses for rs232 puffer (3 sendt position +2 bytes other)
$f270 - $fade : the driver OR Nothing with CRT
Best performance with the NST's audio extension with Amiga mouse
#Tested in
- Commodore plus/4
#I tested it
- NST's audio extension - amiga mouse mode - USB to AMIGA mouse transformer
- NST's audio extension - commodore 1351 mouse mode - USB to 1351 mouse transformer
- Max 232 IC with PC serial mouse
Sukkopera tested it with
- commodore 1351 mouse - Need to check the right click handling!
NST's audio extension homepage:
http://bsz.amigaspirit.hu/nae/index_hu.html
RS-232 mouse documentation:
Plus4_RS232mouse_documentation_V2.pdf
Reseed: (Need to test the final too!)
#tested mouse converters:
- TIKUS BLACK AMIGA DB9 USB ADAPTER TANK MOUSE C64 ATARI ST JOYPAD - € 21.99
- TOM USB HID AMIGA ATARI C64 C128 MOUSE JOYSTICK GAMEPAD ADAPTER - € 23.99
#thanks to
BSZ for the lot of the help, ideas, and lot of information
MMS to keep the interesting
sukkopera for testing and keep the interesing to 1351 mouse too
----------------------- For more information the actual possibilities -----------------------
FAQ:
This is the current situation:
4 types of mice can be natively connected to commodore plus/4
- PC serial mouse (with voltage converter, 5v user port - 12v RS232)
- Commodore 1351 mouse (NST's audio extension OR other SID CARD)
- Amiga mouse (NST's audio extension)
- Atari mouse (NST's audio extension)
- with USB mouse converter (1351 or Amiga)
- with PS/2 mouse converter (1351 or Amiga)
There are 3 types of binding options
- ACIA in user port
- NST audio extension
- Reseed and other SID cards
There are many types of mouse adapters
- RS232 port converter to ACIA user
- TIKUS BLACK AMIGA DB9 USB ADAPTER TANK MOUSE C64 ATARI ST JOYPAD - € 21.99
- TOM USB HID AMIGA ATARI C64 C128 MOUSE JOYSTICK GAMEPAD ADAPTER - € 23.99
- PS/2 to Amiga 500 600 1200 2000 3000 4000 Mouse Adapter
- PS/2 to Atari ST Mouse Adapter Converter
- Jerry Rev.2 Amiga Atari ST USB Mouse Adapter
- Commodore 64 C64 PS/2 Mouse to 1351 Mouse Adapter
(Collected from: https://sordan.ie/category/14/retro-computing-accessories/)
The program is sure to handle the
- PC serial mouse -> RS232 port-converter to ACIA user
- Amiga mouse -> NST's audio extension
- Commodore 1351 mouse -> NST's audio extension
? Commodore 1351 mouse -> Reseed and other SID cards (Not tested by me. NEED CHECK The right click handling!)
? *** Atari mouse -> NST's audio extension (in principle it can work, but you have to issue a poke command to switch the card to ATARI mode) -> NST's audio extension
The working versions I tested:
- PC serial mouse -> RS232 portconverter to ACIA user
- USB mouse -> TIKUS BLACK AMIGA DB9 USB ADAPTER TANK MOUSE C64 ATARI ST JOYPAD IN "Amiga mouse" mode -> NST's audio extension
- USB mouse -> TOM USB HID AMIGA ATARI C64 C128 MOUSE JOYSTICK GAMEPAD ADAPTER IN "Commodore 1351 mouse" mode -> NST's audio extension
The NON-working versions I tested:
PS/2 mouse -> PS/2 to Amiga 500 600 1200 2000 3000 4000 Mouse Adapter -> NST's audio extension
## -------------------------------------- RELEASE v1.1 --------------------------------------
It contains a lot of bugfixes.
- Fix unneeded jumping as it possible (serial, and 1351 mouse)
- Updates cursor smoothness (serial, and 1351 mouse)
- Different ROM BANK versions
- Yape versions for earlier emulator
The different ROM version helps us to use the driver cartridge with other extensions (3-plus-1 and Basic V7.0)
Maybe it helps to let the C16 owners to use it somehow, with a cartridge, and a serial adapter
# Normal version
The uploaded zip contains 3 types of cartridge rom,
00 basic kernal
01 3+1 -> mouse_extension_v1_1_bank01.bin
02 -> mouse_extension_v1_1_bank02.bin
03 Basic7 -> mouse_extension_v1_1_bank03.bin
# The "Y" Version:
1.1Y is a yape version, you can try it at ROM _BANK 02
The Yape version because of the Y axis handled wrong direction. So in this ROM image helps us to use in the Yape.
So we can try other softwares too, that written with this driver
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| | Instructions | The tool can be used on emulators too due to the mouse emulation via keyboard.
| CTRL + Cursors | Move the pointer | | CTRL + Space | Left click | | CTRL + Return | Right click | | | | | CTRL + F1 | Exit | | Commodore + (click) + Cursor up/down | Reposition the split row |
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