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Article #9121Re: Mouse Stick??
From: Danny Low
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 20:30
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 20:30
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>Several years ago I saw a "mouse stick" in a Computer Shopper. It had
>two cables hooked to it, a 9 pin game plug and a 25 pin serial plug.
>I've been watching Computer Shopper for another one, but no go.
Joysticks use a 15 pin plug and are totally different from a mouse
as far as the PC is concerned. Your mouse stick looks like a serial trackball
with a stick instead of a ball. It is not a joystick if it has 9
and 25 pin plugs. Also Windows does NOT support any joystick. Any
joystick you buy will be for games only. Any mouse you buy may not be
supported by a game as alternative to a joystick.
>I've never tried a track ball. How picky (sensitive) are they. Do they
>make them with both plugs?
A trackball is just a mouse flipped on its back. What you need is a mouse
or mouse driver that allows for variable resolution. At low resolution,
small moves in the mouse are ignored. Every serial mouse and trackball
I have ever seen comes with adaptors that allow them to be used with
either a 9 pin or 25 pin serial port.
Danny Low
"Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
HP SPCD dlow%hpspcoi@hplabs.hp.com ...!hplabs!hpspcoi!dlow
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