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Here is what I've experienced. You can forget about a serial mouse for the
ST. They are not compatable with the ST mouse. But you can connect a bus
mouse to the ST, I have done it. I have a Microsoft bus mouse connected to my
ST and it is great. The following are some instructions I got off one of the
ST ftp sites about that subject and is what I followed to connect the
Microsoft mouse to my machine.
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Here's a repost of my article of wayyyy back (Feb 1989) on how to hook an
Microsoft mouse to an Atari ST. No software changes are required. All it
takes is creating a special cable between the mouse and the Atari.
I've been using a Microsoft mouse now for around 2 years on my 1040, with nary
a glitch. It's so much better than the Atari mouse, I'd never go back. (IMHO)
Well, here is how to connect a Microsoft Mouse to an Atari ST. (520/1040)
The Atari has a 9-pin D-type connector. The Microsoft Mouse has a rather
strange connector on the end. To prevent having to cut the mouse cable up,
I made this adaptor. If you still can't follow it, please let me know and
I'll try to redescribe it. This does work for me. I've been using it for
6 or so months now [Note, it's been 2 years now!] with no problems at all.
It does take some soldering skills, so if you're not so hot at soldering,
find a friend to help.
As far as I know, this does not effect your Atari's warranty. However, I
have not asked Atari.
Atari ST Microsoft Mouse ST expected signal
----- -- --------- ----- -- -------- ------
1 5 XB
2 3 XA
3 8 YA
4 9 YB
5 N/C N/C
6 2 Left button
7 N/C +5VDC (N/C)
8* 6 and also tie to pin 1 Ground
9 7 Right button
* = I am not sure why I have pins 6 & 1 tied together, but it does work.
The Microsoft mouse connector looks like this. This is the solder side,
with the leads pointing up.
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| 1 |
| 2 3 4 5 |
| 6 7 8 9 10 |
| |
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If you can not use the connector, the pins are numbered as follows. This
is the connector side from the Microsoft Mouse plug:
/------------\ This is a view at the front of the connector.
/ Blank "KEY" \ It is where the plug from the mouse would be.
/----------------\ The pin labeled 'n' is not connected.
| n 4 X 8 | The place labeled 'X' is filled, and does not
| 9 7 1 2 | have a pin.
| 5 6 |
\ /
\------------/
Have fun!
Jeff Beadles jeff@onion.pdx.com