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From: emmayche@dhw68k.cts.com (Mark Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Wrong mouse??
Message-ID: <1990Sep24.051953.4440@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 24 Sep 90 05:19:53 GMT
References: <6153@uceng.UC.EDU>
Reply-To: emmayche@dhw68k.cts.com (Mark Hartman)
Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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In article <6153@uceng.UC.EDU>,
schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (Steven V. Christensen) writes:

>A friend bought a fancy optical mouse for his Mac Plus 1MB, only to find
>that his mouse was hooked to the printer port via an 8-pin DIN connection,
>while the new optical mouse has 4 pins with a plastic "key" needing to fit
>in a corresponding hole. Is there any hope of making the new mouse work on
>the Mac +?

Nope - what your friend has is an ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) mouse, and the
Mac Plus doesn't and never will (according to Apple) speak ADB.

My recommendation - keep the mouse, get a new Mac, but wait until October
15... (funny, they made everybody _else_ there sign non-disclosure forms;
I wonder why they didn't ask me to?)

Best regards
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