kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) (02/07/90)
I recently was given a MSI m4 optical mouse. Can it be
used with the Amiga? What needs to be done? Is there
any easy way to test to see if it is working?
Ken
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Mars Hill, NC 28754 {some big name site}!mcnc!ecsvax!kms billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) (02/13/90)
In article <1990Feb7.031801.443@uncecs.edu: kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) writes:
:I recently was given a MSI m4 optical mouse. Can it be
:used with the Amiga? What needs to be done? Is there
:any easy way to test to see if it is working?
Speaking of old Mouse Systems mice... I have an m2 serial mouse.
The circuit board inside has an empty area where the chip would go if this
were a buss mouse. It also has empty areas where a couple of pullup
resitor networks would go. And finally it has an empty area for the
ten pin connector to feed the computer. Does anyone have any idea what
I'd put in there to change this sucker to a buss mouse? I'd sure like to
use it on my Amiga! :-)
:Ken
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(503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842liberato@drivax.UUCP (Jimmy Liberato) (02/13/90)
kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) writes: >I recently was given a MSI m4 optical mouse. Can it be >used with the Amiga? What needs to be done? Is there >any easy way to test to see if it is working? Megatronics (800-232-6342) advertises the M4 as an "Amiga replacement mouse". It is not clear if any modifications are required. I loathe optical mice so I couldn't bring myself to try it. Good Luck! -- Jimmy Liberato ...!amdahl!drivax!liberato
dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson) (02/15/90)
On the topic of Mice:
I have the Boing Optical mouse, and it hasn't worked since I got it (It
works fine vertically, but is sluggish or jitters Horizontally)
Questions: Is the mouse pad bad?
If the mouse is bad, where do I send it back to get fixed?
(I mailed in the card, but don't have any info anymore (ie: No
address))
I purchased it from Creative Computers, do I send it back to them?
Thank you for the replies
Daniel Richardson
Mechanical Engineering Dept
Rochester Institute of Technologyperley@trub.crd.ge.com (Donald P Perley) (02/24/90)
In article <2201@ultb.isc.rit.edu> dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson ) writes: >On the topic of Mice: > >I have the Boing Optical mouse, and it hasn't worked since I got it (It >works fine vertically, but is sluggish or jitters Horizontally) It sounds like your pad is sideways. On my sun mouse (also msc) the pointer will move horizontally but not vertically if the pad is sideways (taller than it is wide). I know there are a couple of revisions of the mouse/pad out, so yours might have reversed symptoms from mine. -don perley perley@trub.crd.ge.com
jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) (02/24/90)
In article <2201@ultb.isc.rit.edu> dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson ) writes: >I have the Boing Optical mouse, and it hasn't worked since I got it (It >works fine vertically, but is sluggish or jitters Horizontally) Does your mouse work better or worse when the mouse pad is rotated 90 degrees? The optical mouse uses a red LED and sensor for one direction and an infrared LED and sensor for the other direction. The grid pattern on the mouse pad is not the same vertically as it is horizontally. If the mouse pad is not oriented properly (or is missing the pattern that the infrared sensor is looking for), the mouse pointer will stop working in one direction (but works fine in the other direction). -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: jms@tardis.tymnet.com or jms@gemini.tymnet.com BT Tymnet Tech Services | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-C41 | PDP-10 support: My car's license plate is "POPJ P," San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | humorous dislaimer: "My Amiga speaks for me."