Re: Couple of Apple IIGS questions

["Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:07:22 +0000, John Stringer wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Couple of Apple IIGS questions (BTW I've just added a 540MB hard disk
> and 4MB memory to the system):
> 
> 1) Booting into GS/OS my mouse doesn't do anything. This is the first
> time I've tried to use an application that uses the mouse (only had the
> system for a month). Do I need to set something up in GS OS to allow me
> to use the mouse? It doesn't seem to work in any of the games either
> e.g. Wolfenstein 3D.
> 
> 2) Relating to the above question, does anybody know where I can buy a
> second hand Apple IIGS mouse?
> 
> 3) Could I purchase an old Mac mouse (ADB?) and plug this into my IIGS
> keyboard and use this port instead of the game port at the back of the
> IIGS?

Putting 1,2 & 3 together, it sounds like you are trying to plug
a IIe mouse into the game port of the IIgs. IIgs mice *are* ADB mice,
so the answers to your questions are:

1) You should be using an ADB mouse
   (although a IIe mouse + mouse interface card might work too)

2) Ebay

3) Not only can you, you should do this.