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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Different Mouse
Message-ID: <766@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 91 08:37:28 GMT
References: <1991Jan17.203946.12999@inel.gov>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1991Jan17.203946.12999@inel.gov> hps@ws-hps.INEL.GOV (Randall M. Heaps) writes:
>Is it possible to use a non-Amiga mouse with the Amiga?

Yes, but not every. There are the Boing mouse (optical), then here
in Germany the Reisware mouse and probably some other.

>  Are the pins on
>a 9-pin Microsoft the same as the Amiga mouse or is a conversion
>necessary.

NO NO NO!!! DON'T TRY IT!!! The 9-pin Microsoft mouse is a serial
mouse that MUST go to an RS 232C port. This is a totally different
world (Amiga mouse is TTL). So you might damage your Amiga and the
mouse if you plug it in. Same is true for every "serial mouse".
So watch carefully when you want to purchase one.
There is also no easy "conversion" possible.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk