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Re: DEPCA AA and DEC Mouse/ DEC "bus" mice in general

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From: Jeffrey Conrad Powell
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 00:00
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If I remember correctly, that goes back to the war between IBM and Microsof=
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over their two bus mouse styles. IBM won, but there are still are still alo=
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the Microsoft InPort mice around. What machine do you have? Why won't it bo=
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What NOS are you running? =


The only card DEC made with a mouse port was the DEPCA-AA long board.

Let me know more; I have piles of old DEPCA cards and Msoft Inport cards.



David Longley wrote:
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> I started with a Digital mouse with a PS/2 like connector which isn't of
> course PS/2 *or* bus mouse compatible. So I then got hold of a full lengt=
h
> Digital DEPCA AA network card with mouse port. Unfortunately, it won't bo=
ot
> in my machine (a standard problem with DEC cards apart from the Turbo 3 i=
n
> my machines).
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> So - is there such a thing as a DIGITAL network card with mouse port like=

> the Turbo 3 or is there a Digital Mouse card which my mouse will work wit=
h?
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> (And work under Windows 3.11...and DOS 6.22 . .. just playing safe!).
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> --
> David Longley

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From: Jeffrey Conrad Powell <JPowell@Sover.Net>
Subject: Re: DEPCA AA and DEC Mouse/ DEC "bus" mice in general
Date: 1996/02/22
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