ScuzzBlog: Diaries August 2023 Entry 18th August 2023: Post 1: Switchsoft IO Port - Build a robot. Switchsoft IO Port - Build a robot. I was asked some while back to advise of what this gadget was that I featured with the CDTV. At the time I had no idea but now I have uncovered the literature that went with the little black box. The small black box is a Switchsoft Input Output Port. With this little magic device you are able to provide a bridge between the Amiga software and virtually any external hardware device. On the device are three rows of connectors on the port plus LED. The first row consists of 8 phono sockets derived from the parallel port and which are bidirectional and can be configured as either input or output. The second row has 5 phono sockets and are all inputs derived from the joystick port. The third row has 2 phono sockets and these are the analog inputs. BUILDING ROBOTS: 'Most of the fun in constructing robot devices is the creativity involved in designing and building something yourself'. You do need three core skills to produce robots and these are; Mechanical Engineering to enable you to design and construct the moving parts; Electronics, to interface between the robotic device and the computer; and Programming, to create programs to drive the robot that you create. The guide explains how to use AMOS BASIC, Amiga BASIC, HISOFT and GFA. It also explains how to program the port from scratch using binary notation. Cool or what. Totally beyond me but sounds interesting all the same. So there you have it, the device is a 'thingy-me-bob' made by Switchsoft to build your own robot army using an Amiga 500. The mouse port is made by the same guy that gave me the IO Port and is designed for use with the CDTV. Switchsoft IO Port - Build a robot.

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