1 Dec
2001
1 Dec
'01
11:41 a.m.
Chris (mythtech(a)mac.com) spake:
>The mouse looks to be a slightly
>modified version of the "PC Mouse". The neat thing is that it is an
>optical mouse. [:-)]
I had an optical mouse way back when with my Mac
Plus... I bought it
as >a replacement for a broken mouse. I think it was made by
A+
At the time, I hated it, you needed a special mouse pad
for it to work,
and it wasn't as accurate as the Mac Plus mouse, which made it even
harder to draw.
Just one of those things that I found interesting now
that optical mice
are all the rage.
Actually, I don't like the old style optical mice at all. I like
this one because I think the older optical mice are hard to find.
And on top of it, this was manufactured for use on the Jr - it wasn't
just a run-of-the-mill PC mouse, it had two funny connectors specific
to the Jr. (One for serial, and one to take power off the lightpen
port.) All of that makes it special.
My original machine had an MS bus mouse with a roller. Quite a
different animal to use.
The new optical mice are only vaguely related to the old ones.
They don't need the pad or anything. I haven't used one, so I
don't know if they are any more usable.