Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!uplherc!esunix!blgardne From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mouse Extension Cable? Message-ID: <1673@esunix.UUCP> Date: 22 Nov 89 15:57:42 GMT References: Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation Lines: 20 From article , by sheffler@maxwell.CS.CMU.EDU (Thomas Sheffler): > 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. > The standard joystick extension cable only passes 7 of the total 9 > pins in the DB9 connector on the mouse cable. > Better go to a computer store and get a real DB9 Male-Female extension. The Radio Shack joysick extension cable has all 9 pins wired. It's 10 feet long, and costs $5-6. I've used a number of them for cables on joystick and trackball projects. -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Here: utah-cs!esunix!blgardne {ucbvax,allegra,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne There: uunet!iconsys!caeco!i-core!worsel!blaine (My Amiga running uucp) OPUS LIVES!!!