Re: GeeThree PS/2 to ADB adapter and the IIGS

[ToasterKing <toasterking@SPLATbigfoot.com>]

I've tried the GeeThree PS/2 to ADB adapter on my ROM 3 IIgs.  I tried
it with 6 different PS/2 mice, all different brands and types
(mechanical, optical, wireless) and none worked correctly.  Either the
pointer didn't move, the buttons didn't work, the pointer motion was
very jerky and inconsistent, or a weird problem occurred in which
nudging the mouse would cause the GS to d....r....a....g.... and almost
appear frozen until the mouse was unplugged, or a combination of the
above.  I tried a MacAlly 2-button ADB mouse with similar results.  The
only mice I have gotten to work successfully with the GS have been
Apple mice.

Also interestingly, I wasn't ever able to get the GeeThree PS/2 to ADB
adapter to work quite right on my Macintosh Performa 6500/225 either. 
GeeThree.com sent me a replacement adapter, which didn't fix things, so
they then sent me a refund.

In article <6d6dnfgAos8bC9DfRVn-qA@comcast.com>, Michael J. Mahon
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Scott Alfter wrote:
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> > In article <iI6dnf57K5STN6bfRVn-1g@comcast.com>,
> > Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >>ADB mouse is not hard to find yet. I did a search for
> >>"ADB mouse" on eBay and found 95 selections, some with
> >>keyboard included. Would be nice to use PS/2 mouses with
> >>the IIgs though. Or USB even.
> > 
> > 
> > Kensington makes a couple of USB/ADB mice; I saw them at Fry's the other
> > day.  One of them is optical, while the other is optomechanical.  The only
> > downside is that they have only one button (probably not a big deal on the
> > IIGS, but even on a Mac, two buttons and a scroll wheel are nice to have).
> > 
> > A working PS/2-to-ADB adapter would definitely be nice.  I have a beige G3
> > sharing a keyboard and mouse with my x86 boxen through a PS/2-to-USB
> > adapter,
> > but a PS/2-to-ADB adapter would work with my IIGS and Quadra 610 (and might
> > work better with the G3 than USB).
> 
> I just got one of these--a Kensington "Optical One Button Mouse".
> 
> Although it specifies "Mac OS X or later" it worked fine with
> my System 7.5 LCIII.
> 
> But it won't move the cursor on my IIgs...
> 
> -michael
> 
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