Funky looking mouse and other TCF stuff...

From: A.R. Duell <ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Wed Apr 30 18:56:12 1997

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>
> In message <199704301643.LAA25987_at_zen.mathcs.rhodes.edu>you write:
> >
> > That mouse sounds familiar. I seem to remember a mouse like that
> > which was used with the AT&T 5620 terminal.
> >
>
> It sounds familiar to me also, as I have one for my Whitechapel
> workstation, although it isn't red but is just beige. I have heard them
> referred to as "Swiss Mice" - don't know why.

I knew the name sounded familiar, now I know why. It's in the Whitechapel
Milliard Gargantubrain (that's what the MG in MG1 stands for, apparently)
technical manual.

If it's the same mouse, it's a pretty dumb unit, and outputs the 4
quadrature signals (2 for X, 2 for Y) on separate pins. It's a bit like an
atari ST/amiga/PC bus mouse. Of course there may have been versions with
built-in electronics to make them PC serial mice...


> Kevan


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-tony
ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk
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Received on Wed Apr 30 1997 - 18:56:12 BST

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