DEC Mouse replacement

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Fri, 2018-05-04 08:13:05 +0100, mark--- via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> The Linux Kernel has support for DEC VSXXX mouse (as well as LK keyboards), the opposite of what you are interested in.
> So the conversion from DEC protocol is well documented.
> It would be fairly straightforward with a microcontroller to implement the reverse.
> 
> See: https://code.woboq.org/linux/linux/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c.html

Adding another reply: I wouldn't recommend to use the driver source
code as a starting point, but rather fetch DEC's specs about the two
mice (VSXXX-AA and VSXXX-GA) and their tablet (VSXXX-AB), which are
all described in the "VCB02 Video Subsystem Technical Manual",
available here:

	https://www.vt100.net/manx/details?pn=EK-104AA-TM-001;id=21;cp=1

MfG, JBG

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