Apple IIc mouse replacement
Petri Andras
I have found a long forgotten Apple IIc in a friend's attic recently, and I'm
trying to revive it. Now it practically works, and I have just a little pro-
blem: its mouse is missing! (There was a mouse in the box, but it's definitely
a serial mouse.)
Has anyone any idea about replacing an Apple IIc mouse with something else?
I live in Hungary, so buying one in the USA is not a very good solution for
me. There is an official Apple distributor here as well, but it does not want
to know anything about "outdated" hardware :-(
Looking at the connector pinouts, I suspect that an Amiga mouse may have com-
patible signals (but different pinout). Has anyone tried it?
Regards,
Andras Petri, jr.
Greg Buchner
pe...@mit.bme.hu (Petri Andras) wrote:
> its mouse is missing! (There was a mouse in the box, but it's definitely
> a serial mouse.)
The Apple IIc never came with a mouse standard. It was always a
seperate addon. The IIc should only work with an Apple (or compatible
if there was any) Mouse. Most Apple IIc software didn't make use of the
mouse anyways.
> Has anyone any idea about replacing an Apple IIc mouse with something else?
The mouse from a Lisa, an original Macintosh, Macintosh 512K or
Macintosh Plus should work. Not certain about the Lisa mouse, but I
have seen people using them on a Mac Plus.
Greg B.
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Rob
9-pin serial mice from older Mac's will work, an Amiga mouse will not.
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Eric Smith
> A mouse was optional and definately not necessary to use the IIc. The
> 9-pin serial mice from older Mac's will work, an Amiga mouse will not.
Macs have never used serial mice. Before ADB, they used unencoded
(quadrature) mice. Some, but not all, PC "bus mice" are quadrature,
though the pinout is different.
Exegete
> A mouse was optional and definately not necessary to use the IIc.
Well... MousePaint is a bit hard to use without a mouse....
Roy
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Roger Johnstone
> The Apple IIc never came with a mouse standard. It was always a
> seperate addon. The IIc should only work with an Apple (or
> compatible if there was any) Mouse. Most Apple IIc software didn't
> make use of the mouse anyways.
I just bought a new optical mouse for my Apple IIc.
(pause for questioning looks)
It's a Mouse Systems Little Mouse. I noticed about a year ago a web site
that had two of these for sale (old new stock, not used) and I had been
waiting to order something else from them to get one. I finally ordered,
and got the last one. It's one of the early optical mice that requires a
special mouse pad with a grid on it. Fortunately the mouse pad is
included with the mouse!
It cost me $22.50 (about US$10) which is less than a tenth of the
original price.
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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
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