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Re: MouseSystems Mice

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From: Mike G. Hoffberg
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 19:09
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Does anyone know of an adapter cable to convert the Sun optical mouse
to be able to be used on the PC?

Will it use the standard Mouse Systems drivers?

Once converted, will it then be a Bus or Serial/PS2 style mouse?

Is it just as simple of looking up the pinouts for both and making a
cable?

MIKE

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From: hoffberg@medusa.aps.anl.gov (Mike G. Hoffberg)
Subject: Re: MouseSystems Mice
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Summary: convert Sun mice to PC mice
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