Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fozzy!hendrick
From: hendrick@fozzy.UUCP (Bill Hendricks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: alternative mice
Summary: Tried it... no go.
Keywords: mouse, ST
Message-ID: <271@fozzy.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 89 15:30:24 GMT
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Organization: Rockwell International - Richardson, Texas
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Well, I went right out and bought a Commodore 1351 mouse last night,
(at Toys R Us, for $39.88!) and raced home to try it. <grin>

I checked the pinout assignments of the ST mouse (found in the ST
owner's manual) against those of the Comm. mouse, and was happy to
see that they are identical. <grin>

So, after carefully carving approx. 1/8" of plastic from the opening
around the mouse connector on the ST, I plugged in the C= mouse...
no go. <frown>

Reading the Commodore doc, I found that this mouse has two modes of
operation: joystick and proportional...neither of which is compatible
with the ST. <frown>

I *was* able to swap the guts of the Commodore mouse with those of
the ST mouse, and with some finagling, got the ST hardware working
inside the (IMHO) preferable Comm. mouse housing.  However, that does
not address the problem of a direct replacement for a faulty ST
mouse.  Sorry.

So much for that idea.  Maybe I'll look into the possibility of the
Amiga mouse working, assuming it's different from the 1351.

Has anyone out there already done this?

Regards,
Bill