Re: Old IBM mouse on //e?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <11262250.PBPYUASY@news.telusplanet.net>,
Simon Williams  <DON'Temail@luddite.ca> wrote:
>I keep seeing non-Apple mice at thrift stores that seem to have the
>same 9 pin connector as the AppleMice... I know that the extra button(s)
>won't work no matter what, but can the mice function at all on a //e or
>//c???

No, those are serial mice.  I think the old Bus Mice will work, but I
haven't seen one in years and you'd have to change the connector.
Alternately, you might be able to rewire a serial mouse to bypass most
of the electronics and feed the X/Y/XQ/YQ/Button signals directly to
the mouse card.
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