At 3:45 PM +0200 9/8/05, Antonio Rodríguez wrote:
Then, if I understand correctly, the references
DA, DB, DC, etc. refer to the connector's size,
independently of their pin count, isn't it?
correct.
Also, the DC-37 (or at least a 30-something
D-shaped connector) was used on many PC
At 8:20 AM -0700 9/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the clarification -- Clark: what does DB and DE mean? That would
certainly help my understanding. Anyway -- AGAIN more confusion ... you are
correct, the metal connector surrounding the pins is rounded on every such
connector I've ever
Then, if I understand correctly, the references DA, DB, DC, etc. refer
to the connector's size, independently of their pin count, isn't it?
Also, the DC-37 (or at least a 30-something D-shaped connector) was used
on many PC laptops in the 80s and early 90s as an external floppy
connector (in
Hi,
Thanks for all the responses!
Following Bryan's suggestion, I initially drew, and then printed, a
black and white grid onto standard paper, and it did at least give me
control over the mouse. The cursor moved slowly, but in the direction I
moved the mouse in. I fiddled with the grid size to
On Sep 8, 2005, at 7:06 AM, Luke Ross wrote:
I bought the Plus to look cool in my living room (which is why it's a
Plus - no fans and the iconic design), so I'm going to try and get an
original Apple mouse to finish it off.
And now for something completely different: what programs are best
On 2005-09-08 10:43, Clark Martin wrote:
At 8:20 AM -0700 9/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the clarification -- Clark: what does DB and DE mean?
The letter after the D specifies the connector shell (not the
plastic handle). The numbers after it specify the number of pins.
The
At 1:17 PM -0700 9/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Eric, I think you misunderstood ... the mouse for all Mac Plusi is the
standard 9-pin serial square connector. The serial ports are round 8-pin
din, but the round ADB plug didn't come out until the SE Mac II
(technically the Apple IIgs). You are
Subject: Mac Plus with A+ mouse
Hi,
I recently bought a Mac Plus on eBay, and it all works fine except the
mouse (sadly rather a major flaw). It comes with an early optical mouse,
marked A+ mouse, but sadly not the pad for it. Does anyone have any
thoughts on ways to get either a pad
Sean Billings wrote:
You can make simple converter cables that allow you to use Amiga or Atari
ST mice, I have them detailed on my site.
Thank you.
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Thanks for the clarification -- Clark: what does DB and DE mean? That would
certainly help my understanding. Anyway -- AGAIN more confusion ... you are
correct, the metal connector surrounding the pins is rounded on every such
connector I've ever seen. I was referencing the actual plastic molding
Hi,
I recently bought a Mac Plus on eBay, and it all works fine except the
mouse (sadly rather a major flaw). It comes with an early optical mouse,
marked A+ mouse, but sadly not the pad for it. Does anyone have any
thoughts on ways to get either a pad for it, or a genuine Apple mouse
for the
On 6 Sep 2005, at 09:39, Luke Ross wrote:
Hi,
I recently bought a Mac Plus on eBay, and it all works fine except the
mouse (sadly rather a major flaw). It comes with an early optical
mouse,
marked A+ mouse, but sadly not the pad for it. Does anyone have any
thoughts on ways to get either a
for the Plus? All the eBay auctions for old Mac mice seem to be
the one
with the round plugs, rather than the Plus' square mouse plug.
There are some 'square mouse with square plug' rodents on eBay - often
listed as for the 128Kb and 512Kb Macs.
As far as I know, all Mac Pluses came with the
There are a ton of Older Mac Mice on eBay such as the link below. Just search!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Apple-II-IIe-IIgs-MOUSE-Lisa-XL-Mac-Plus_W0QQitemZ5237762469QQcategoryZ51046QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
On 9/6/05, Luke Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I recently bought a Mac Plus on
Hi,
I recently bought a Mac Plus on eBay, and it all works fine except the
mouse (sadly rather a major flaw). It comes with an early optical mouse,
marked A+ mouse, but sadly not the pad for it. Does anyone have any
thoughts on ways to get either a pad for it, or a genuine Apple mouse
for the
Eric, I think you misunderstood ... the mouse for all Mac Plusi is the
standard 9-pin serial square connector. The serial ports are round 8-pin
din, but the round ADB plug didn't come out until the SE Mac II
(technically the Apple IIgs). You are correct in that the corners of the
Plus' mouse plug
Luke,
I have an extra Plus mouse you can have for $5.00 plus postage.
Don
On 6 Sep 2005, at 3:39 AM, Luke Ross wrote:
Hi,
I recently bought a Mac Plus on eBay, and it all works fine except the
mouse (sadly rather a major flaw). It comes with an early optical mouse,
marked A+ mouse, but
I recently acquired a beige mac plus from one of my computer recycling
friends. Only problem is that I have no keyboard or mouse for the machine.
Ive lurked on the swap list and have tried to look on ebay, but Ive not had
any luck.
My second issue is that I don't have any os disks for the
You can download system 6 from Apple and a few places. Keyboard and
mouse are a bit tough to come by.
Sherman
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I recently acquired a beige mac plus from one of my computer recycling
friends. Only problem is that I
Ok, if I download system 6, how in the world do I get it on floppys the
plus can read?
Doug
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You can download system
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Ok, if I download system 6, how in the world do I get it on floppys the
plus can read?
Doug
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Ok, if I download system 6, how in the world do I get it on floppys the
plus can read?
Doug
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Ok, if I download system 6, how in the world do I get it on floppys the
plus can read?
Doug
Download 800k images of System 6.0.8 and put them on 800k floppies.
hm
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Sherman Chen ha escrito:
There are software out there that let a PC read/write to a Mac disk.
BTW, you also need to have some double side, double density disks, as
Mac Plus, don't know anything about those 1.44M Floppy.
You can't write floppies for a Plus in a PC. The Plus can only use an
,
Circuit city, Compusa etc?
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Compusa.com is the only place since the store doesnt carry them
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Ok, I was wondering how
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Ok, if I download system 6, how in the world do I get it on floppys the
plus can read?
Doug
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Put your 575 online and dowload the System 6 disk images from Apple.
Also get Disk Copy which converts disk images to
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