Re: PS/2 mouse -> Apple mouse adaptor. Want one?

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

In <4pWcnbZsy5YA4uOjXTWQlg@giganews.com> Bryan Parkoff wrote:
>     I want to say that Mouse Interface card is not necessary for Apple 
> II+ and //e.  Nine-Pin connector can be used for Apple //e, but 16-Pin 
> like Game Control Socket can be used for Apple II+.  It is the same 
> example that Koala Pad can be used for Apple II+ and Apple //e.     

Yes it would be possible to connect a PS/2 (or serial or ADB) mouse to 
the game port with a very simple adaptor. However, no existing software 
would work with it.

Possibly an adaptor could be made so that the mouse emulated a Koala Pad 
or Apple graphics tablet, but most later programs didn't work with these 
either.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/
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