Laser upgrade for Amiga mice.

[Rob]

Amiga Store EU are advertising a replacement PCB for Amiga mice that upgrades them to laser mice.

Link

There will be boards for both the tank style mouse and the later A1200 mouse.  It's a drop in replacement for the standard PCB with no soldering required.  It also has a lens cover that goes in place of the original plate used for retaining the ball.

The sensor used is the same found in high end devices and offers a resolution of 8500dpi.

Availability is expected on the 22nd of March.

No price is currently mentioned.

[Rob]

The laser mice that Amigakit sells are hard to beat. If the prince isnt lower than those I wouldnt see the point. I have a few of them and have to say the quality is amazing at 1000 DPI.

It would be nice to have an original looking mouse with the insides of a modern one though.

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1004

I think that even if it's more there'll still be plenty of poeple interested because they're fond of their old mouse and want to keep that period look.

[Rob]

This is a very neat concept indeed. I am not a fan of clunky adapters

I had one of the shorter A1200 motherboards, the ones with the mouse port on a flylead, in my A1200 tower when I got a Punchinello.  So I took the plastic shell off, connected it internally and bolted it up where the standard port would usually be.