Re: ADB mouse compatibility on IIgs?

[ToasterKing <toasterking@SPLATbigfoot.com>]

In article <108md3i1nbbvu61@corp.supernews.com>, Liam Busey
<buseyl@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello ToasterKing,
> 
> have you tried hooking the ADB mouse directly  up to the IIgs? If it works
> fine on the IIgs the problem may be with your switch.
> 
> I have an ADB switchbox (manual) myself and found that power to the ADB port
> was interrupted every time I switched between systems. As a result, the
> mouse tracking was messed up until the system was reset.  I modified my KVM
> to constantly supply  power to all the ADB ports from one port and the
> problem went away.  It is necessary to switch to the each system when it
> first powers up though (for initialization purposes I suppose.)
> 
> I also have a Microview PS/2 to ADB converter. All the mice I've tried seem
> to work pretty well but the keyboard  will only work correctly on a ROM 3
> IIgs. Must have something to do with the ROM 1's early implementation of
> ADB.
> 
> - Liam

Per your question, I tried connecting the MacAlly 2-button ADB mouse
directly into the ADB port of the GS, thus eliminating the possibility
of interference on behalf of the switch, the PS/2-to-ADB adapter, and
the ADB keyboard.  Unfortunately, this did not cure it.  The same
symptoms persist using the MacAlly 2-button ADB mouse on the GS whilst
it is connected directly to the GS's ADB port.  So it is most certainly
a question of mouse compatibility.  Thanks for the idea though.  I wish
it had been that easy!

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