Re: Koala Pad and Numeric Keypad for //e

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <3489C809.DCE3526A@minet.gov.mb.ca>,
Dennis Wayne Fenton  <defenton@minet.gov.mb.ca> wrote:
>I just bought a Koala Pad model 005 for my //e. It appears
>to plug into either the game port or the mouse port but
>nothing happens on the screen with programs that support
>a mouse. Does the Koala Pad require its own software?

   No extra software is needed at all, but it acts like a joystick,
not a mouse. Thus, it needs to be plugged into the game port, and
works with any software that looks for and recognizes a joystick.

>I also bought an Apple numeric keypad, model A2M2003. It has
>a 15 pin male connector which does not match anything on the
>computer. This leads me to suspect that it requires a card.

   No card is necessary, but there's a set of pins on the motherboard
for it.

Nathan Mates
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