james@umcp-cs.UUCP (James O'Toole) (10/26/84)
Losing the Koala pad readings in between as you describe does indicate that the Apple isn't sampling fast enough...but this is a problem in the software you are using. I have used Logo, Pascal, and Basic to take Koala pad (and joystick) readings...Logo is slowest. I've used some fancy Koala pad software that I think came with the pad...its sampling routines are probably in assembly, and it hardly ever loses readings. Once, I used a cheap VOM to see how linear the pad's readings were with respect to pen position. I'd say the limiting factor in that case was the needle response in the VOM, never the pad. --Jim