[Coco] YAS (Yet Another Survey)

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 03 November 2012 09:47:56 Rogelio Perea did opine:

> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> So my question is, are there any other users of this os9/nitros9 serial
> 
> > mouse out there?
> 
> Had heard about using a serial mouse with OS9 but never took to checking
> it out, now I have to Gene, my RS232 pak is sitting doing nothing so I
> might as well put it to work. Will see about it this weekend.

ATM, the packs hdwe address is hard coded in joydrv_6551L.sb, but that is 
easily changed with dEd.  The address is in the last int of the mod 
statement, $FF6C. Change the 6C, probably to a 68 & 'v' it in dEd. You 
probably need to get a db25-db9 adaptor.  The serial mice of that day 
already had a db9 connector on the cable.  Problems?  Yell & I'll see what 
I can do. :)

Because the coco's desk layout doesn't leave much of a place to run the 
mouse on, and the cable, coming out of the front of the mouse was taking a 
beating against the MPI, I rerouted the cable out of the back of the mouse 
and got so used to it a front cable mouse on any machine feels strange.  
Here on this linux box, my mice & keyboards have been tailless for years.

Those mice were generally slow, so it needs 6 to 8" of running room. 
 
Thanks Rogelio.

Cheers, Gene
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