15 Jul
2006
15 Jul
'06
9 a.m.
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Scott Quinn wrote:
Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote
I have some. I probably have the 15 pin breakout cable also if its the DS5XXX
one. Free for shipping.
I have Hockey-puck ball and Hawley types, also VSXXX-GA (Early logitech style)
Peter Wallace
I've written the Linux driver for this mouse
and its protocol is not compatible with anything else. So if you want
to use such a mouse on eg. a PeeCee, you either need to write a proper
driver for it (if the operating system doesn't have one), or put a
microcontroller in between for protocol conversion to PS2.
So is there some big cache of these things (other than the $80 e-bay ones)?
everyone seems to assume that people want to use the VSXXX on a PC, not get a mouse
for their DEC.
I guess it's back to using an X-terminal- won't have to get the 15-pin breakout
cable then either.
Idle speculation- I wonder which mouse is closest for conversion
purposes (definitely not HP-HIL, perhaps Sun or old SGI?)