Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!pt!sheffler From: sheffler@maxwell.CS.CMU.EDU (Thomas Sheffler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mouse Extension Cable? Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 89 14:56:43 GMT References: <8911202324.AA04585@astro.psu.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 22 In-reply-to: antunes@ASTRO.PSU.EDU's message of 20 Nov 89 23:24:47 GMT In article <8911202324.AA04585@astro.psu.edu> antunes@ASTRO.PSU.EDU (Alex Antunes) writes: Hi! I picked up a standard joystick extension cable to use with my mouse. Although my mouse spins well enough with it, though, the two buttons do not register at all with the cable. .... ------------ Sandy Antunes "the Waupelani Kid" 'cause that's where I live... .... The standard joystick extension cable only passes 7 of the total 9 pins in the DB9 connector on the mouse cable. Pins 1 & 2 (I think) are not normally needed for the joystick but are for the mouse. I almost did the same thing. I saw the inexpensive joystick extensions in the elec. game section of a toy store and thought: "Wow, I can save a couple of bucks." Better go to a computer store and get a real DB9 Male-Female extension. -Tom