[net.micro] Problems with V2 C64 and joystick

LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA (01/23/84)

From:  Eric <LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA>

Hi,

  The problem you are experiencing is not a defect (really). Port 1 
(the joystick port closest to the front of the C64), has some lines 
on the 6522 CIA shared with the keyboard. You will notice that most
interactive games requiring the keyboard and joystick will use port
2 almost exclusively. This is all documented in the Programmers'
Reference Guide. What do you mean by V3? ... V2 BASIC is the only
BASIC I knoe of that is available on any C64...

Eric
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beattie%mitre-gateway@sri-unix.UUCP (01/23/84)

From:  brian beattie <beattie@mitre-gateway>

Mine does the same