Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!apple!amdahl!starsoft!david From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mouse extension cord Message-ID: Date: 14 Aug 90 10:22:32 GMT References: <6526@cpoint.clearpoint.com> Lines: 24 >In article <6526@cpoint.clearpoint.com> jeff@cpoint.clearpoint.com (Jeffrey J. Griglack) writes: > >I tried, at one time, to move my Amiga 2000 box onto the floor, but I found >that the mouse cord was not long enough. Can I just build a straight >passthrough extention cord for it? If not, does anybody sell an extension >for it? And what about the keyboard? That cable isn't too long and was >pretty streched out, as I remember. > I bought a 9-pin "monitor extension cable" at a local SoftWarehouse for around $6.00. It is 6 feet long, and has metal db9 connectors on each end. I did have to carve a bit of plastic off the female end, so that it would fit into the hole in mu 2500's case, but other than that, it works great! No more fumbling around trying to plug stuff in, or, more likely, shorting something out! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | {uhnix1,moray}!starsoft!david Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX |