on 9/20/03 1:28 PM, Jack Russell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Saturday, September 20, 2003, at 09:51 AM, Wilton H. Shaw wrote: > >> Hello, >> I recently bought a Precision Optical Mouse on the Internet for my >> G3 >> MT. The trouble is it doesn't fit my keyboard. The connection is >> round, but >> the pins are placed differently. I didn't know there were different >> connectors for keyboards for Macs. >> I guess I have to eat this item. > > That's because the mouse connector is PS 2 for wintel boxes and the > Apple keyboard uses ADB. They look very similar but are different.Sell > the mouse to a wintel friend and get an ADB mouse. There are not many, > but there are still some available. Last I looked both Kensington and > Belkin still offered an ADB mouse. > > Jack Russell > Thanks. I see that some have USB connectors. I have a spare USB port. I suppose I could use this type.
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