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From: drues@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Michael E. Drues)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mouse/Joystick Switch
Message-ID: <2098@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 89 00:41:10 GMT
References: <5388@nigel.udel.EDU> <5628@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Organization: Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Iowa State Univ.
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olson@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Olson) writes:

>In article <5388@nigel.udel.EDU> poirier%dg-rtp.dg.com@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
>>ports, to minimize wear and tear from joystick switching.  I.e., one
>>DB-9 plug going to two DB-9 sockets.  Radio Shack *used* to carry them,
>>but evidently, no more.  Can anyone suggest a source?
>     Why not check ou the December issue of Computes resource, it has a switch
>box project.  Which would be more appropriate to your uses,  I think the total
>cost of the project works out to be about $15 and provides a switch
>that changes the xy inputs from the mouse to the joystick, to prevent the
>problems that arise from the Y cable.

For about $10 more, why not buy a Mouse Master switchbox (available
nearly everywhere)?

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