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From: throoph@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Henry Throop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: mouse
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Date: 1 Sep 89 05:51:43 GMT
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In article <10901@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <8908312039.AA01601@hcx.psu.edu> doug@HCX.PSU.EDU (Doug Hughes) writes:
>>If I were to purchase an Apple mouse with interface card for my //e
>>and at some later date wanted to buy a IIGS, would I be able to use
>>this mouse without the interface card for that purpose?
>
>Yes, but it would be pointless since the GS comes with a mouse that works
>slicker than the AppleMouse //e.  I had both and my //e mouse stayed with
>the //e when I gave it away.

No, you can't put the old mouse on the gs without the controller card.
The new one uses a different connector and is an ADB device internally.
If you are getting a motherboard upgrade to a gs, you would have to buy an
ADB mouse that plugs into the ADB port on the back of the gs; I don't believe
that the old mouse (in a slot) would be recognized by the gs.

Henry