Re: Anyone using a TurboMouse on a GS?

[michael.ewen@mindlink.bc.ca (Michael Ewen)]

<rubywand@aol.com> wrote:

> In article <1997010917445386479@max07-065.starnetinc.com>,
> vagrant@starnetinc.com (vagrant) writes:
> 
> >
> >I just got a new Kensignton TurboMouse trackball for my Mac and moved
> >the older one to my GS.  Unfortunately, its movement is kind of choppy.
> >Are there any alternate mouse drivers, or inits that will make it
> >work better?  I hunted around but didn't come up with anything.
> >
> >
> 
>      On the IIgs, TurboMouse is supposed to act like a mouse substitute
> with a few simple frills. There is no need for special drivers.
> 
>      If your TM does not work well, it is likely that it needs to be
> cleaned; OR, it is incompatible with your GS.
> 
>      Supposedly, of course, Kensington's ADB TM's (at least, the earlier
> moderls) are compatible with the IIgs.The explanation for possible
> incompatibility is kind of weird. When Kensington's designers were
> developing the first TM's, they used newer GS's-- true ROM-01 machines
> released some time after the Woz and other ROM-00 models. All of their
> design and testing was done with the newer machines.
> 
>      It turns out that Apple introduced a modified ADB Controller in the
> new machines. Given the rash of ADB-related crashes (e.g. 0911 errors),
> this made sense. Unfortunately, according to Kensington, Apple neglected
> to publicize the change. As a result, TM designers did not check out their
> devices on early GS's and did not acommodate differences in ADB
> Controllers. Older IIgs's will not, generally, work correctly with
> TurboMeese.
> 
> 
> Rubywand

        I've been using the TurboMouse for a couple of years now and
love it.  I found that about 6 months ago I needed to contact Kensington
for cleaning instructions , which they faxed right to me.  Cleanup was
easy.