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In article <CBo3xu.Cus@harlequin.com>, tim@harlequin.com (Tim McNerney) writes:
> I recently bought a used Apple //c.  It didn't come with a mouse.  Since
> the connector was the same (DB9) I tried plugging my Mac Plus mouse into
> the //c, and booting up Pinball Construction Set, but this didn't work.
> 
> Then I heard from someone at Apple and someone at a used equipment broker
> that the Mac Plus mouse *does* work on the //c. 
It DOES work, I tried it myself some decade ago...
But I think, for Pinball you need a JOYSTICK. You plug it into the same
port, but from the software side it behaves completely different. E.g.
you can read its value in BASIC with the PDL(n) function, which you can't
do with the mouse (see below)

> The guy at Apple added
> that there is some sort of mouse driver that makes it work.
The mouse driver is in your //c's ROMs. It includes an interface for
BASIC and for assembly language. But I suppose you don't need this
driver for running Pinball.

> Can someone verify this?
> Does anyone know where I can find the mouse driver?  
> Is this is all I need?
Well you could probably use the Apple //c Technical Reference Manual
if you wish to get a deeper understanding of your computer. But it
isn't needed absolutely, just a question of personal interest...

--Urs

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