28 Apr
1997
28 Apr
'97
3:55 p.m.
Hi guys, just wanted to say what I got at TCF.
I managed to get there at 3:45 on Sunday (15 minutes before closing on the
last day of the show.) Anyway here's what I got:
2 Seagate MFM Hard Drives *FREE*
1 Sysquest tape(?) drive *FREE*
the tape drive is about the size of a CD-ROM, what is it?
1 Apple IIe Users Guide *FREE*
(why? I dunno, it was in the trash)
1 CBM 8032 $5
(this things got some kind of memory board that plugs into the CPU
socket and a parallel interface)
1 Funky Mouse *FREE*
This last thing I need help with. It looks to be about 20+ years old but
I could be wrong... It is bright red, almost perfectly round, has a steel
ball as the roller, 3 black switches, and says "5271" and then "DEPRAZ -
MOUSE" on the bottom. It has what looks likea standard serial cable. The
guy said it was for a terminal right before he threw it out. Any ideas?
More importantly.... do you think I could use it on my PeeCEE? 8)
Les
PS what'd everyone else get at TCF?
29 Apr
29 Apr
1:20 a.m.
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
PS what'd everyone else get at TCF?
After manhandling one 150lb computer (Motorola 6820, no idea of the specs
but it should run something related to Unix or OS-9, for five bucks I'll
try anything once and I can always put the tape and disk drives into the
Sun) into the car and into the cellar Saturday, then the same more or
less with the Sun 4/360 (similar weight PLUS a 20inch monitor, $400) on
Sunday, I was just too tired to go dumpster diving this year. Plus,
there wasn't a lot of room left in the little Mitsubishi. (I _thought_
Lisa and I were renting a U-Haul, but our local place was out of anything
in a reasonable size).
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
30 Apr
30 Apr
4:43 a.m.
From: "Mr. Self Destruct" <more(a)camlaw.rutgers.edu>du>:
1 Funky Mouse *FREE*
This last thing I need help with. It looks to be about 20+ years old but
I could be wrong... It is bright red, almost perfectly round, has a steel
ball as the roller, 3 black switches, and says "5271" and then "DEPRAZ -
MOUSE" on the bottom. It has what looks likea standard serial cable. The
guy said it was for a terminal right before he threw it out. Any ideas?
More importantly.... do you think I could use it on my PeeCEE? 8)
That mouse sounds familiar. I seem to remember a mouse like that
which was used with the AT&T 5620 terminal.
As to using it on a PC, I'd doubt it, but you'd want to get
some technical detail to be sure.
Brian L. Stuart
Math/CS Dept, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
stuartb(a)acm.org
http://www.mathcs.rhodes.edu/~stuart/
5:47 a.m.
In message <199704301643.LAA25987(a)zen.mathcs.rhodes.edu>you write:
That mouse sounds familiar. I seem to remember a mouse like that
which was used with the AT&T 5620 terminal.
It sounds familiar to me also, as I have one for my Whitechapel
workstation, although it isn't red but is just beige. I have heard them
referred to as "Swiss Mice" - don't know why.
Kevan
11:56 a.m.
In message <199704301643.LAA25987(a)zen.mathcs.rhodes.edu>you write:
I knew the name sounded familiar, now I know why. It's in the Whitechapel
Milliard Gargantubrain (that's what the MG in MG1 stands for, apparently)
technical manual.
If it's the same mouse, it's a pretty dumb unit, and outputs the 4
quadrature signals (2 for X, 2 for Y) on separate pins. It's a bit like an
atari ST/amiga/PC bus mouse. Of course there may have been versions with
built-in electronics to make them PC serial mice...
That mouse sounds familiar. I seem to remember a mouse like that
which was used with the AT&T 5620 terminal.
It sounds familiar to me also, as I have one for my Whitechapel
workstation, although it isn't red but is just beige. I have heard them
referred to as "Swiss Mice" - don't know why. Kevan
--
-tony
ard12(a)eng.cam.ac.uk
The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill
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