On 13-Aug-00, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> I've used NewMouse with A2000 and A4000 standard serial ports (all Amiga
>>> serial ports are the same),
>
>> No they are not. One of the serial mouse driver's docs makes that
>> point, and says it is for A1200 only.
>
> In what way is the A1200 port different from all the others?
I have no idea, but the software was described as being for A1200
only. I tried it on A3000 and A4000 and all it would do was zap
insanely around the screen making random clicks and menu selections
with any movement of the mouse. It would have been only a matter of
time before it formatted drives or deleted files.
>> It definitely makes a difference what mouse you are using, and which
>> of the two standards, Mouse Systems ort Microsoft it follows.
>> Naturally Microsoft mice are worse for everything.
>
> MicroSoft mice are good, as are their keyboards. It's their software
> that sucks.
There is something wrong with their implementation of middle button
even on PCs compared to Mouse Systems.
>> Logitech is probably the closest you can get to working universally.
>
> It used the Microsoft standard before Microsoft defined it as their
> standard :-O
OK. This is all quite mysterious to me. One of the mouse/driver
combinations I tried I used worked on A4000 serial but not on A3000
serial. Also, one worked on GVP with driver, but not with Amiga mouse port
adapter. Overall, the mouse port adapter has been a better solution,
but it was a bit expensive, at about a third of the price of a serial
card.
Regards
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