Re: Unknown Card / Apple Mouse

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Josh Spatz (mjkv57c@prodigy.com) wrote:
: I just got a //e with a card in it that has an adhesive label on it 
: marked "Grappler." This card is connected to a DB-25 female port on the 
: back of the computer. I have no idea what it is. I would appreciate it 
: if anyone could identify this card.

Odd...all of the Grappler cards I have seen (parallel printer interface)
had a ribbon cable with a Centronics-36 male connector on the end.  I'll
bet yours is hacked together to provide a PC-compliant parallel printer
port.  Just a guess...but the Grappler was a parallel printer interface
from Orange Micro with some really nice graphics and text screen dump
features built in.

: The //e also had a mouse interface card in it, but no mouse. If anyone 
: knows where I could get a mouse for the //e, please email me.

Any 9-pin (i.e. pre-Apple Desktop Bus) Apple mouse should work...that is,
a mouse from a Lisa, Lisa 2, Macintosh, Macintosh 512, Macintosh Plus,
Apple //c, Apple ][e, etc.  You might check any used computer supply place
in your area...tell 'em you're looking for a mouse for a Macintosh Plus.

While any of those mice will work, please note that the connector on the
Lisa mouse is slightly different...it is still a 9-pin D connector, but it
has a plastic squeeze latch on it instead of the two thumb screws.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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