From: dsawdai@marimba.engin.umich.edu (Donald James Sawdai) Subject: Re: HOME-BREW: Sega/Nintendo Light Gun Date: 27 Aug 1996 22:16:17 GMT Message-ID: <4vvs3h$c1p@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Organization: University of Michigan (CAEN) In article <3222F828.DD9@shef.ac.uk>, Robin Hollands writes: > Theodore S Milker wrote: > > > > Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to hook up a light gun from a > > Nintendo or Sega Master System for use in 3D games. > However, I seem to remember that DOS still includes some interrupts > for reading a light pen, which works in a similar principle to a light > gun. It may be that you could use that and a modified light pen to > recreate the effect of a light gun. You'll just have to fiddle and > see. You've had the 1% inspiration, now its time for the 99% > persperation! As I recall, the interrupts and circuitry that you speak of is a legacy from the EGA graphics cards. I believe that the VGA cards (both IBM originals and clones) dropped the light pen hardware support. -Don Sawdai -- -> The Generic .signature File (tm) <- -> Name : Donald Sawdai <- -> Address: dsawdai@engin.umich.edu <- -> Quote of the Day: "All work and no pay makes Jack a grad student." <-