On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Corda Albert J DLVA wrote:
> Does anyone know if I can substitute
> a keyboard and mouse from an early Mac?
> (the ones with the non-adb keyboards
> and db9-connector mice). I don't mind
> hacking the connectors, if someone can
> give me the pinout info. As far as I
> can tell, the lisa uses some sort of
> mini-db9 for the mouse, and a 1/4"
> headphone-jack for the keyboard (weird!)
The original Mac mouse will work on the Lisa. The keyboard is a totally
different story, as I'm sure you've realized by now. The
keyboard connector on a Lisa is a 1/4" phono jack, which is quite odd
(I've only seen this used on a couple other machines).
Don't have any technical details for you unfortunately.
> If this isn't possible, I'd appreciate
> any hints as to where I might find a
> lisa keyboard/mouse (be nice now! :-)
They occasionally come up for sale on eBay, but don't pay the inflated
price for a mouse. Just buy the keyboard (which will also be inflated but
your options are limited here) and find an old Mac mouse in a thrift
store.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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