15 Jul
2006
15 Jul
'06
3:49 p.m.
On Sat, 2006-07-15 10:36:41 -0500, Scott Quinn <compoobah at valleyimplants.com>
wrote:
Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote
Dunno. I've got a number of these, basically always got one when I got
a VAX for free somewhere.
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.
Well, this mouse, despite missing a scroll wheel, fits _very_ well in
my hand and I love to use it.
Idle speculation- I wonder which mouse is closest for
conversion
purposes (definitely not HP-HIL, perhaps Sun or old SGI?)
I guess any simple serial mouse is equally "close" to the VSXXX-AA.
MfG, JBG
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