From: rxy5310@hertz.njit.edu (Rolan Yang  Wasteland Engineer)
Subject: TECH: Konami LaserScope headset specs wanted!
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:32:50 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Dec25.083250.5086@njitgw.njit.edu>
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.



I recently purchased a Konami LaserScope accessory (made for
Nintendo).  I have it wired into the parallel port similar to the
PowerGlove, except that there are only 4 wires coming out of the
headset. For those of you that aren't familiar with this toy, it is a
pair of bulky plastic headphones with a microphone and a photocell
sensor (like the one used in the "Duck Hunt" pistol).  It has a nice
heads-up crosshair display. Anything spoken into the microphone
triggers the thing to fire.

I'm looking for the specs on the Headset or Pistol (I assume that they
are the same). I assume that the "latch" wire is the one missing from
the headset (as compared to the powerglove), which means that there is
a ground, +5v, clock, and data out. I can get the thing to register a
"fire", but I'm not sure how the photosensor is integrated into all of
this.

  I'm hoping to be able to use this in video games or light pen type
applications.  I highly recommend grabbing one or two of these from
your local toy store if you find them for under $15. They list for
$50, but I've been seeing them all around for a discount price of $10
-what a deal.

                                                       -Rolan

In case I clouded up the main point of this message up there, I'm
looking for Specs on the Nintendo Light Pistol.