On 31/01/12 20:24, Tony Duell wrote:
Is that a quadrature-output mouse with a 9 pin
mini-DIN?
Yep. 5V LSTTL.
I've found that rewireable mini-DINs are
significantly larger tham
moulded ones. Quite often the former won't fit.
I have a couple of solderable mini-DINs, and you're right, they're far
too big. About twice times the length of the plug on the PS2MouseMini,
and a good 5mm extra diameter.
The A3000 will take a moulded mini-DIN plug *and that's it*.
CJE apparently have spare mouse cables, but they're not much cheaper
than an entire mouse :(
Price for a new mouse? ?43. No, there isn't a missing decimal there, I
asked.
3) Remvoe the darn mini-DIN socket fro mthe PCB, fit a
DE9 or similar
on the case and wire it up. %deity do I hate mini-DINs...
Actually, I could probably route one through the back. There are some
pads on the board marked "ALTERNATE MOUSE" which appear to connect to
the mouse socket. I'd sooner hide a PIC micro and a PS/2 socket inside
though. Get rid of the external adapter entirely :)
It's still just about the worst connector they could have picked... :-/
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