olson@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Olson) (12/06/89)
In article <5388@nigel.udel.EDU> poirier%dg-rtp.dg.com@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: >ports, to minimize wear and tear from joystick switching. I.e., one >DB-9 plug going to two DB-9 sockets. Radio Shack *used* to carry them, >but evidently, no more. Can anyone suggest a source? > > Thanks, > Charles Poirier Why not check ou the December issue of Computes resource, it has a switch box project. Which would be more appropriate to your uses, I think the total cost of the project works out to be about $15 and provides a switch that changes the xy inputs from the mouse to the joystick, to prevent the problems that arise from the Y cable.
drues@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Michael E. Drues) (12/07/89)
olson@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Olson) writes: >In article <5388@nigel.udel.EDU> poirier%dg-rtp.dg.com@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: >>ports, to minimize wear and tear from joystick switching. I.e., one >>DB-9 plug going to two DB-9 sockets. Radio Shack *used* to carry them, >>but evidently, no more. Can anyone suggest a source? > Why not check ou the December issue of Computes resource, it has a switch >box project. Which would be more appropriate to your uses, I think the total >cost of the project works out to be about $15 and provides a switch >that changes the xy inputs from the mouse to the joystick, to prevent the >problems that arise from the Y cable. For about $10 more, why not buy a Mouse Master switchbox (available nearly everywhere)? +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Michael Drues | | \X/ Internet: drues@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu | | Bitnet: v2.med@isumvs.bitnet | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
mapjilg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J I L Gold) (12/07/89)
In article <5628@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> olson@uhccux.UUCP (Todd Olson) writes: > Why not check ou the December issue of Computes resource, it has a switch >box project. Which would be more appropriate to your uses, I think the total >cost of the project works out to be about $15 and provides a switch >that changes the xy inputs from the mouse to the joystick, to prevent the >problems that arise from the Y cable. I have just such a device available commercially (I live in the UK but the product is American.) It's called a MouseMaster, and is aimed for the ST but is fully Amiga compatible. I'll try to find some details on it when I get home this evening. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # If you're of the opinion that if anything CAN go wrong it WILL go wrong, you # # may think you're paranoid. Naaah...paranoia is thinking that if something # # CAN'T go wrong it will still go wrong. # # (Attributed to J.Gold in one of his optimistic moods) # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # J.Gold | mapjilg@uk.ac.bath.gdr # # University of Bath | jilg@uk.ac.bath.maths # # UK | # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
hougland@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (12/08/89)
I have just finished constructing the mouse switch box referenced in the last Compute Resource mag. I was very simple to build, but had a hard time finding the 4-pole double throw switch required. hougland
mueller@alphard.cs.utk.edu (Carl Mueller) (12/09/89)
In article <7400008@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu> hougland@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >I have just finished constructing the mouse switch box >referenced in the last Compute Resource mag. I was very >simple to build, but had a hard time finding the 4-pole >double throw switch required. As an alternative to the 4-pole switch, you could use: A) A single pole switch controlling a 4-pole/double throw relay (Radio Shack has such a relay) B) A single pole switch with a digital quad 2x1 multiplexer chip (this solution seems to be more 'elegant') -Carl Mueller (mueller@alphard.cs.utk.edu)