Re: Apple IIc mouse replacement

["Rob" <robert@NOSPAM.inreach.com>]

A mouse was optional and definately not necessary to use the IIc.   The
9-pin serial mice from older Mac's will work, an Amiga mouse will not.

"Petri Andras" <petri@mit.bme.hu> wrote in message
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>
> I have found a long forgotten Apple IIc in a friend's attic recently, and
I'm
> trying to revive it. Now it practically works, and I have just a little
pro-
> blem: its mouse is missing! (There was a mouse in the box, but it's
definitely
> a serial mouse.)
>
> Has anyone any idea about replacing an Apple IIc mouse with something
else?
> I live in Hungary, so buying one in the USA is not a very good solution
for
> me. There is an official Apple distributor here as well, but it does not
want
> to know anything about "outdated" hardware :-(
>
> Looking at the connector pinouts, I suspect that an Amiga mouse may have
com-
> patible signals (but different pinout). Has anyone tried it?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Andras Petri, jr.
>
>