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From: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: mouse
Message-ID: <824@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 89 10:03:26 GMT
References: <8908312039.AA01601@hcx.psu.edu> <10916@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
Organization: ARP Software, Madison, WI
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In article <10916@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
[...]
>If you enable its slot (normally 4) via the control panel, it would be
>accessible.  Whether or not the Finder, for example, would use it is a
>separate question.
	Yes, the Finder, and all other software that goes through either
1) The Event manager (haven't seen a desktop program yet that doesn't), or
2) The mouse Firmware, will work with an AppleMouse ][. The programs that
don't work with it are the ones that go directly to the hardware (usually
for reasons of speed - this means games. Sorry, can't think of any offhand
that do this specifically) and avoid the firmware. The Event manager goes
through the firmware, which seems to be largely identical in terms of what
is available to an application (I'm sure it's guts are quite different).
	Reason I know this is my ADB mouse died on me awhile back (now my
ADB keyboard is dying on me :( ), and I still had my old mouse (from a ][+,
no less). I plugged it in, and it worked without any problems. One thing
about it, though: The "high-speed mouse" dealie didn't appear to affect the
AppleMouse ][, so I was stuck in one speed.
	Speaking of meeses: Does anyone know if someone makes an ADB cable
Y splitter? The one thing I _really_ hate about the ADB keyboard(s?) is that
the mouse is attached to the right side of it. Normally, this isn't a problem,
but when I program, I put the keyboard on my lap, roll my chair back a bit,
and lean back into it. This means that the mouse cord is hanging in space,
and every once and awhile, I'll move the wrong way, and it'll come flying off
my desk. I worry about the strain on the connectors.


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