Re: Apple //c Mouse: Do I need a driver? Is Mac Plus mouse compatible?

[dratzlaf@nyx.cs.du.edu (Norby)]

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.  The guy at Apple added
>that there is some sort of mouse driver that makes it work.
>
>Can someone verify this?
>Does anyone know where I can find the mouse driver?  
>Is this is all I need?

I know a Mac Plus mouse will work on a //c, I use it all the time.  I've
even used it with PCS myself...

There aren't any system-wide mouse drivers for 8-bits, not like PC's. 
It's up to the application to support a mouse or not.

I don't understand why your mouse doesn't work, unless it has something to
do with what revision your //c is.  I seem to remember that certain
versions of the //c map the mouse port to slot 7 rather than 4...

>
>--Tim


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