Those are similar tot he round mouse (Hawley) that were used for the
early
VAXstations. Those were not PC compatable. I've never seen
a mouse on a z80 system (most didn't ahve graphics).
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Odd Honeywell Mouse
>On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
>
>> Digging in a huge tangle of wires today I found an odd looking
Honeywell
>> mouse. Instead of a ball, it has two wheels on the bottom angled so
that
>> one turns on x axis and the other y axis movements. Otherwise it looks
like
>> an old PC serial mouse, is it?
>
>I have a no-name, most-likely prototype mouse like this that I got with
>an early-80s CP/M machine.
>
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Received on Wed Aug 30 2000 - 17:43:40 BST