20 May
2021
20 May
'21
11:53 a.m.
On 20/05/2021 18:22, Jonathan Stone via cctalk wrote:
It does indeed need a VSXXX-AA mouse (the round puck)
or a VSXXX-AB
tablet (or compatible). \
I recently checked both installation guide and service guide, whilst looking at eBay
offerings.
I recently went through my DEC mice to test them (so I can create eBay
offerings for the spares!) and all the -AA, -GA (and one other that
escapes me right now) tested OK on a VS4000-60. At least one of those
was originally used on my VAXstation 3100-M76.
If it looks like "that" sort of connector and it is a VSXXX-xx then I do
suspect that it will work in any VAXstation up to and including the
VAXstation 4000-96. In fact I recently sold one (privately) for use on a
VAXstation II.
I think those mice will also work on the DECstation 2100/3100/5000 range
, except for the Personal versions. You may need an adapter though.
They (I think) even work in the early Alpha workstations (the DEC 3000
stuff); I don't think DEC switched to PS/2 mice until the AlphaStation
name came out.
Antonio
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