27 Nov
2002
27 Nov
'02
7:42 a.m.
--- Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> wrote:
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, chris wrote:
I'd have to unpack my Apple II mouse, but I know the part number is
different than that of the early Mac mice. The mouse requires a special
card to be installed in the Apple II system. The IIe Platinum works fine
with the mouse, as does the standard IIe. I've never tried it with a II+
or II, but it might work ok. I doubt that much software that could make
use of the mouse would run on the older II systems though.
I used to write kiddie games for the C-64 and Apple II, c. 1984-1985, for
a company called Software Productions. Our stuff was published by Reader's
Digest Software - "Micro Mother Goose", "Micro Habitats" and
"Alphabet
Beasts and Company" were our top titles (as an aside, we also supported
the BBC Micro and eventually the IBM PC and PCjr, but I didn't work on
those products). We had one of those Apple II mouse cards. We even added
support to the "London Bridgeout" interactive part of MMG (it was a
simple "Breakout" clone).
So a) yes; it works with the Apple II, and b) I agree; you won't
find much Apple II software that supports it.
Somewhere, I have the card. Might be in an Apple II in the attic.
-ethan
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