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From: mapjilg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J I L Gold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mouse/Joystick Switch
Message-ID: <1989Dec7.124439.2637@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Dec 89 12:44:39 GMT
References: <5388@nigel.udel.EDU> <5628@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Reply-To: mapjilg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J I L Gold)
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In article <5628@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> olson@uhccux.UUCP (Todd Olson) writes:
>     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.

I have just such a device available commercially (I live in the UK but
the product is American.) It's called a MouseMaster, and is aimed for
the ST but is fully Amiga compatible. I'll try to find some details on
it when I get home this evening.

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