Hello,
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > Iogear MiniView > > http://www.iogear.com/product/GCV160/ > > Converts PS/2 to ADB and also the video so you can connect > a Mac to a KVM that doesn't support ADB, or just use it to > connect PS/2 mouse and keyboard to a Mac. It's funny you should mention that device because it (or at least its predecessor, the OmniView) has been a source of non-stop exasperation for me. :) By that I mean: I've used it regularly to use an ADB mouse and PS/2 keyboard with a laptop (going through an iMate into the laptop's USB port). However, when I try to plug in a PS/2 version of that same ADB mouse, (not concurrently) the PS/2 mouse behaves from the get-go as though I'm holding down the mouse button when I haven't touched it. Yes, it could theoretically be behaving that way because of a bad port on the converter, but I can't help but think that if the port were bad, it wouldn't support mouse movement, which it *does* support just fine. It's the mouse button signaling alone that's screwed up. Which renders the mouse unusable, as since the mouse button is (apparently) signaling that it's being held down, you end up selecting everything as you move the cursor around the desktop. Is there some blindingly obvious solution to this problem that I'm missing? Because I can't tell you how frustrating it is not to be able to use a PS/2 mouse with a device that has a port for a PS/2 mouse and purports to support their use with a Macintosh just fine. Is it that final USB connection to the laptop that messes up the button signaling of the PS/2 mouse? > GeeThree used to sell this little adapter. > >http://web.archive.org/web/20060620195718/http://www.geethree.com/p_ADB.html Thank you for that link. It's too bad GeeThree doesn't produce that device any longer, as it would allow me to determine if the problem I have lies solely with the converter, or with the PS/2 mouse itself. > ISTR reading something years ago about adapting a PC serial > or bus mouse to the pre-ADB Mac's mouse port, or possibly > one of the serial ports. Yes, getting back to the original subject, I may be left with trying to do something along those lines. Best, James Fraser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
