--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> > Apple II Mouse Interface (I have one somewhere in a box that I
> > haven't seen in years, so it was faster to buy another one ;-)
I didn't mention it, but I did get one mouse in the box, too.
> Would you believe I actually got a IIgs with one of these in it, and the
> mouse?
The IIgs has ADB ports, yes? Why would you want an old mouse card
then?
I got this one because, long ago, I wrote commercial software that
*supported* the mouse card (my portion included reading the mouse
and scrolling a digit under the disk icon to let the player load/save
one of ten game files). We paid full retail price for the card
and mouse - $80 for the mouse and $250 for the card, IIRC, in 1984.
One of the screens for our "Micro Mother Goose" product was "London
BridgeOut" - a breakout clone. Besides playing Bolo and a few other
games, we programmers used to take our own games for a ride now and
then - the mouse gave us a *huge* score boost over the arrow keys.
-ethan
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Received on Tue Apr 22 2003 - 16:03:00 BST