home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: news.delphi.com!usenet
- From: Steve Neas <sneas@delphi.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga Rodent Trouble
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 19:18:25 -0500
- Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
- Message-ID: <5RAIghx.sneas@delphi.com>
- References: <bharvey.0cyv@mhaug.uumh.ab.ca>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com
- X-To: Bill Harvey <bharvey@mhaug.uumh.ab.ca>
-
- Bill Harvey <bharvey@mhaug.uumh.ab.ca> writes:
-
- >Hi all
- >my mouse is on the way out (microswitch) can I use any mouse ie one for a PC
- >or has it got to be an Amiga only, while I'm at it the same goes for
- >Joysticks.
-
-
- The switch for my left mouse-button was dying a few months ago.
- If you can use a soldering iron, it's pretty simple to just replace
- the switch, for less than a dollar. The pin-spacing is standard
- for the switches, you just need to get the right height. My new
- switch ended up a little taller than the old one, but I actually
- like it better, it gives a soft, quick touch to the button.
- The PC uses a serial mouse, it won't work directly with an Amiga.
- I remember seeing a hack for it quite a while ago, but it would
- probably be easier and just as cheap to find a new Amiga mouse.
- The PC joysticks won't work with an Amiga either, they are
- analog joysticks. But any joysticks for the Commodore 64, or the
- Atari game consoles and 8-bitters (and higher?) will work just
- fine.
-
- -Steve
- sneas@delphi.com
-