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Posted by: archer174 on 2016-01-13 23:40:10
It's very easy to do with an arduino. I have documented PS/2 to NeXT conversion here:
http://www.asterontech.com/Asterontech/next_ps2_mouse.html
Everything will be the same for the mac or Atari except the pinout at the computer side.
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Posted by: raoulduke on 2016-01-15 10:25:25
Gorgonops, you're right; I just happened to have a bunch of ADB mice that I don't specifically need. Archer, I may try that method for Amiga, if I ever get an Amiga that lacks a mouse. Or I might just try it in general, eventually. Very cool.
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Posted by: Gorgonops on 2016-01-15 10:57:02
The problem, as noted, with an ADB mouse is it only has one button and the ST (and Amiga) actually really want two. I suppose you could do something lame like drill a hole and put a momentary contact pushbutton onto the side of the case, but... considering I *still* to this day am regularly tripping over craptastic PS/2 ball mice it seems like sort of a no-brainer to use one of them instead. ADB mice actually at least in *theory* have some "vintage computing" value; they are more common than Amiga or ST mice, sure, but they're not making them any more either. It's not hard to still buy a brand new PS/2 mouse.
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-01-17 10:53:22
Could always buy a two or three button ADB mouse.
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Posted by: Gorgonops on 2016-01-17 14:13:25
... and then gut the even rarer device instead of a PS/2 mouse. Yeah, that makes sense.
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-02-06 09:38:30
OK.
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