15 May
1999
15 May
'99
11:43 a.m.
Ok, more information, now that i've spend a half hour sorting mice.
Sun mice are Mouse Systems mice, of course. I have one Model M2 mouse,
which is black, and thus is most likely a mouse for a Sun 2 computer.
I have many Model 3 and 4 mice, which have the brass pins on the side of
the connector. The one sun 3/50 keyboard I have is using a Model 3
with pins, so i'm assuming these are all for use on type 3 keyboards?
The strange thing is, I have several Model M3 mice that dont have those
brass pins on the connector. So i'm wondering if these are also usable
on older sun 2 computers, or if sun is just playing mind games with me..
-Lawrence LeMay
Is there a sure-fire way to determine if a sun mouse
is a type 2 versis
type 3? It looks like the mice for type 3 have little side-pins on
the connector, so is it reasonable to assume that mice without this
feature are for sun-2 series computers?
I figured i'd go through the box of old sun mice at work, since they
are all so old as to predate any hardware we still have in operation.
Looks like there are quite a few sun3 mice, possibly a few sun 2.
-Lawrence LeMay