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- From: rgrigg@europa.com (Rex Grigg)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: PC Mouse for an Amiga?
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 16:18:44 GMT
- Organization: Europa |||| Portland, OR
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- Eka Durmin (eka@stack.urc.tue.nl) wrote:
- : Hi,
-
- : Amiga mice are very hard to get here... and they are usually more expensive.
- : I know how to use a PC (serial) mouse on an Amiga.
-
- : The problem is that the mouse is connected to my serial-port, this means
- : that I cannot use the mouse and the modem at the same time :(
-
- : I've heard that there are several different mice-protocols for the PC. And
- : one of them was a BUS-something mouse. These mice can be easily modified
- : to connect on the Amiga mouse-port (just switching some wires).
-
- : My question is:
- : - Is it easy to get one of those BUS-something mice or is everything
- : Microsoft-compatible now;
- : - Where can I get more info on this subject;
- : - Are there other mice which I can use (with or without an easy
- : modification) on my Amiga.
-
- : Thanks!
- : --
- : E. Durmin
- : email: eka@stack.urc.tue.nl
- : www : http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~eka/
- : phone: +31(0)40-2112936
-
- : 'There is an inverse relationship between how
- : good something is and how much fun it is'
-
- You can still find PC bus mice. Be prepared to pay a little more for a
- Bus mouse. Make sure that you are not getting a PS/2 mouse. The
- connectors are almost the same. I use a MicroSoft bus mouse and it is
- the best mouse I have ever owned. But they are about $70.
-
- --
- Rex B. Grigg
-
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