dzenc@hermes.ai.mit.edu (Daniel Zenchelsky) (09/10/88)
I'm interested in using a Mac trackball on an Amiga & I need some info: 1) Specs on the mac mouse port. 2) Specs on the amiga mouse port. Any other info on the conversion would be greatly appreciated, especially from someone who has already done it. I realize that the mac mouse only has one button, but this trackball has two which can (I hope) be connected seperately. Thanks -Dan +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | ______ | | || |o| Daniel Zenchelsky -- dzenc@hermes.ai.mit.edu | | ||___| | | | | _ | "If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist" | | \_[]_|_| | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
robert@trwind.UUCP (Robert W. Snyder) (09/14/88)
Robert Snyder > >I'm interested in using a Mac trackball on an Amiga & I need some info: > >1) Specs on the mac mouse port. >2) Specs on the amiga mouse port. > >Any other info on the conversion would be greatly appreciated, especially >from someone who has already done it. > >I realize that the mac mouse only has one button, but this trackball has >two which can (I hope) be connected seperately. > >Thanks > >-Dan > Just in case you did not know you can buy a trackball from wico for $39.95 to replace the amiga joystick. BTW it has two buttons. -- Robert Snyder Disclaimer -- nobody claims dis, but me TRW Information Networks Division 23800 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance CA 90505 USENET: {ucbvau,ihnp4,sdcrdcf}!trwrb!trwind!robert ARPA: robert@trwind.TRW.COM Ph 213-373-9161
dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) (09/16/88)
In article <3079@hermes.ai.mit.edu> dzenc@hermes.ai.mit.edu.UUCP (Daniel Zenchelsky)writes: >I'm interested in using a Mac trackball on an Amiga & I need some info: [...] >-Dan > And in article <418@trwind.UUCP> robert@trwind.UUCP (Robert W. Snyder) writes: >Just in case you did not know you can buy a trackball from wico >for $39.95 to replace the amiga joystick. BTW it has two buttons. >-- >Robert Snyder Disclaimer -- nobody claims dis, but me And in case anyone is interested, there was an article in Amazing Computing (the last issue, I believe) describing conversion of an Atari trackball available at KayBee Hobbies for $15-20. Looked good to me. Think I might get one. -- Dave Hanna, Daltech MicroSystems | "Do or do not -- There is no try" P.O. Box 584, Bedford, TX 76095 | - Yoda (214) 358-4534 (817) 540-1524 | UUCP: ...!killer!gtmvax!dave |
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) (09/19/88)
In article <140@dms3b1.UUCP> dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes: >And in case anyone is interested, there was an article in Amazing Computing >(the last issue, I believe) describing conversion of an Atari trackball >available at KayBee Hobbies for $15-20. > >Looked good to me. Think I might get one. I got one of these. (About $9.00) It only took about a half hour to hack together, and it works fine. The thing is huge, though. And the buttons are way too far apart for one handed operation. Is the Wyco trackball any smaller? Something that won't take over half the space the keyboard takes? Something compact enough for one-handed operation? In the meantime, the Atari (Ugh, I can't believe I've adulterated my Amiga this way...) trackball is great for arcade games, which is, after all, what it was designed for. -- ------------ Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP