>The 512K uses an older mouse that is internally compatible with a PC bus
>mouse or an Amiga mouse, just one button. I do not know the pinout of
>the Mac, but it should be a trivial exercise to build a pin swabber. You
Speaking of Mac Mice... At the MIT Flea this past weekend, I picked up
a mouse for the Mac Classic I mentioned in other mail... it is the
'original' style of apple mouse. My question is whether this will work
correctly with the Mac Classic -- it does seem to plug in, but since I'm
not getting much response from the system, I don't know...
BTW - another question -- when the Mac Classic boots, it shows the smiley
disk and I hear the internal HD working. The screen goes light grey with
a pointer on it. This is displayed for a few seconds and then I get the
'Welcome to Macintosh' screen. This remains this way for as much as 10
minutes (I didn't wait longer). Is this normal? Have I simply not
allowed the system adequate time to boot to a user screen? (I'm used to
an RT system which boots in about 30-45 seconds, depending on amount of
memory).
Also, there are two buttons on the left side of the case... one apparently
does the mac equivalent of the three-fingered-salute on PCs... the other
one causes the 'Welcome to Macintosh' screen to go away and be replaced
by one which lookes the same (banner background) but with a '>' sign...
What is this?
Please pardon a really naive Mac user (this is my first use of a Mac, and
I'm not impressed so far), and I'm trying to get this thing working for
my partner's pre-school class.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Wed Jun 24 1998 - 20:42:17 BST