Re: Optical Mouse for Amiga

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 23:29:54 +0100
Message-Id: <D3935187-72BC-45F2-8F9A-5A4862FEC64B@wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2018-11-08, at 21:14, Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de> wrote:
> 
>>> In case someone is interested in having an optical mouse for their Amiga.
>> I've been using optical with Amiga since early nineties :-) but of course not as accurate as today's ones.
> 
> You mean the kind with the special mousepads?

Precisely. Later I used those USB/PS2 with PS2->Amiga interface.

> I still know those from the SUN workstations.

My Silicon Graphics machines still had those with balls back then when my Amiga had already optical. For the time it was unbeatable. Even with the special pad requirement.

>> That's a very nice finding! Of course a pity that only older ones have a chance of having this sensor as those are usually "tired" in one way on another, which is the main reason they landed on the pile...
> 
> Well, a broken cable would be no issue since it has to be replaced anyway. Same for the dead USB-interface the one I converted had. And I when I bought a mouse and liked it, I usually bought another one as spare. So looking through my collection, I have at least 2 more mice with the A2051. :)

👍🏻 :-)

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Received on 2018-11-09 00:00:03

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