19 Feb
2003
19 Feb
'03
6:58 p.m.
I'm trying to get Sparcstation 1 up and running with Redhat Linux, but I
don't have any sun mice.
I noticed as the install CD boots it looks for a mouse-systems mouse. I
have some other workstation mice around here somewhere, and I think at
least some of them were marked mouse-systems. Has anyone managed adapt any
other mice for use on a Sparc?
I know there are some commercial sun to ps/2 adapter, but $75 is a bit much
to spend on an adapter for a $5 computer.
I though about using a serial mouse, but porting the PC driver to Sparc is
way beyond my current skill level.
I could always just buy a sun mouse, but the shipping/currency conversion
charges are likely to be more than the cost of the mouse itself.
Any ideas appreciated...
19 Feb
19 Feb
11:39 p.m.
At 07:48 PM 2/20/03 +1000, you wrote:
I'm trying to get Sparcstation 1 up and running
with Redhat Linux, but I
don't have any sun mice.
I noticed as the install CD boots it looks for a mouse-systems mouse.
Yes, it's looking for an optical mouse. I believe all the SUN optical mice were made
by Mouse Systems.
I
have some other workstation mice around here somewhere,
and I think at
least some of them were marked mouse-systems. Has anyone managed adapt any
other mice for use on a Sparc?
I know there are some commercial sun to ps/2 adapter, but $75 is a bit much
to spend on an adapter for a $5 computer.
Have you looked for an original mouse on E-bay? They show up frequently and sometimes
sell very cheap. That's probably the easiest and least troublesome way of getting a
working mouse.
FWIW I have a mechanical SUN mouse on E-bay right now. I'm not sure if it will work
on the SparkStation 1 but I don't think it will. (It uses a PS/2 type connector with
only three pins). But there are plenty of websites on the net that list SUN parts and will
tell you if it will work and/or the part number for the correct mouse for your SS 1.
Joe
20 Feb
20 Feb
1:04 a.m.
Have you looked for an original mouse on E-bay? They
show up frequently
and sometimes sell very cheap. That's probably the
>easiest and least
troublesome way of getting a working mouse.
FWIW I have a mechanical SUN mouse on E-bay right now. I'm not sure if
it
will work on the SparkStation 1 but I don't >think it will. (It uses a
PS/2 type connector with only three pins). But there are plenty of websites
on the net that list >SUN parts and will tell you if it will work and/or
the part number for the correct mouse for your SS 1.
According to the pinout, the mouse only uses 3 pins (vcc, data, gnd) so it
would probably work. I've avoided buying off ebay so far as I am in .au, a
cheap mouse isn't so cheap after currency conversion and shipping is taken
into account. I one shows up locally I'll grab it. Even so, I'd like to
put trackball on the sparc if I end up spending any serious time on it.
2:01 a.m.
At 01:54 AM 2/21/03 +1000, you wrote:
They made trackballs for some of the SUNs. A friend of mine has one. But I know that
they're hard to find.
Take a look at
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3402536373>. If that looks
like the right mouse let me know and I'll send you one for the cost of postage. Global
Priority mail runs about $8 and it will be there in less than a week.
Joe
Have you
looked for an original mouse on E-bay? They show up frequently
and sometimes sell
very cheap. That's probably the >easiest and least
troublesome way of getting a working mouse.
FWIW I have a mechanical SUN mouse on E-bay right now. I'm not sure if
it
will work on the SparkStation 1 but I don't >think it will. (It uses a
PS/2 type connector with only three pins). But there are plenty of websites
on the net that list >SUN parts and will tell you if it will work and/or
the part number for the correct mouse for your SS 1.
According to the pinout, the mouse only uses 3 pins (vcc, data, gnd) so it
would probably work. I've avoided buying off ebay so far as I am in .au, a
cheap mouse isn't so cheap after currency conversion and shipping is taken
into account. I one shows up locally I'll grab it. Even so, I'd like to
put trackball on the sparc if I end up spending any serious time on it.
3:45 p.m.
They made trackballs for some of the SUNs. A friend of
mine has one. But I
know that they're hard to find.
I figured it would probably be quicker/cheaper to adapt an existing
trackball than find the genuine article... even if I have to sacrifice a
real sun mouse to do so (ie, just connect the leds/photodiodes in the
trackball to the sun mouse pcb).
Though doing this isn't a priority for me right now. I'll get the system
up first, then decide if a trackball will be worth doing.
Take a look at
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3402536373>. If that
looks like the right mouse let me know and I'll send you one for the cost
of postage. Global Priority mail runs about $8 and it will be there in less
than a week.
That's the right one, thanks for the offer. I'll email you off list with
details.
21 Feb
21 Feb
5:35 a.m.
They made
trackballs for some of the SUNs. A friend of mine has one. But I
know that
they're hard to find.
I figured it would probably be quicker/cheaper to adapt an existing
trackball than find the genuine article... even if I have to sacrifice a
real sun mouse to do so (ie, just connect the leds/photodiodes in the
trackball to the sun mouse pcb). 
20 Feb
20 Feb
3:17 a.m.
Joe said:
FWIW I have a mechanical SUN mouse on E-bay right now. I'm not sure if it
will work on the SparkStation 1 but I don't think it will. (It uses a
PS/2 type connector with only three pins). But there are plenty of
websites on the net that list SUN parts and will tell you if it will work
and/or the part number for the correct mouse for your SS 1.
It will work. Any of the 3-pin sun mice will work on any sun that takes the
old-style (not the new USB) sun keyboard.
- Dan Wright
(dtwright(a)uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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