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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: punkyclown on July 11, 2009, 03:51:24 AM
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Can anyone please recommend a mouse for me to use with my A1200. I bought a new
Amiga mouse from Software Hut and it is just terrible. Not only can I not do any art work with it. I can barely control it. I just want to work with my system but the mouse makes it a real drag. It is just a stock A1200 with an 8 mg ram board.
Thanks
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Can anyone please recommend a mouse for me to use with my A1200. I bought a new
Amiga mouse from Software Hut and it is just terrible. Not only can I not do any art work with it. I can barely control it. I just want to work with my system but the mouse makes it a real drag. It is just a stock A1200 with an 8 mg ram board.
Thanks
Which mouse did you get?
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It's the one with the new Amiga logo on it, with the red dot over the I.
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It's the one with the new Amiga logo on it, with the red dot over the I.
Oh yeah those suck! Get a Commodore one. Any are good. Get the newer one that came with the 1200, its the best.
http://www.oldsoftware.com/mouse.html
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I mostly agree with TjLaZer: The mice with the Amiga logo and red square over the 'i' are mostly useless for artwork... You might get lucky and get one that tracks better than average.. but by and large they are poor....
Maybe we need a 'best Amiga mouse' poll, with pics. please :)
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You mean :
http://www.softhut.com/images/product_shots/mouse1.jpg ?
Ever considered getting http://www.vesalia.de/e_micromys.htm ? Only a bit moe expensive, will work with every 5$-mouse (which will be optical and far better than any ball-based mouse), gives you mousewheel-support as a bonus.
I've been very sceptical about these adapters, but after getting one for my A4000 ..... well lets just say my next order will include one for every Amiga I have.
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The old Commodore ones last forever .. I have about 10 of these :)
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The original Commodore ones have their problems, too, tank mouse and the 600/1200 mouse use the same low-quality switches for the buttons, I've had to replace more than a few of these.
The "pregnant" mouse, however, has higher quality "clicky" switches and is the best mouse Commodore made for the Amigas.
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Either get an adapter and use a laser wheel mouse, or get a Wizard mouse. The Wizard is the highest resolution mouse that will plug into the Amiga. They are fast and precise! Maybe a little hard to find though. I bought two off of eBay - each under $10.00.
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check amigakit their may still have the excellent 2 wheel mouse with adaptor.
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I'll drag up this old topic -
Which would be preferable -
This one (inexpensive)
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=174¤cy=CAD
or this one (twice the $)
http://www.oldsoftware.com/mouse.html
For the A2000HD I just dragged home?
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To be honest i would be reluctant to use any mouse made by Commodore after using this below for many years. YUK!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Amiga_Mouse.jpg)
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i have lots of amiga mouse even some rare one and track balls BUT i use my adapters more... wireless laser mice.......
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40 some dollars for a MOUSE? That thing better eliminate RSI and cook me breakfast.
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amigakit usually has amiga mice, as well as a PS2 adapter to use more modern mice
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The original Commodore ones have their problems, too, tank mouse and the 600/1200 mouse use the same low-quality switches for the buttons, I've had to replace more than a few of these.
The "pregnant" mouse, however, has higher quality "clicky" switches and is the best mouse Commodore made for the Amigas.
I have completely differen experiences. My tank Mouse from 1988 is still great despite the fact I used it ithe most, while the "pregnant" that came with my A3000 had to be fixed.
I also once bought a cheap Beetle-mouse. Maybe the "new" Amiga-mouse is like them: you had to open it and adjust the sensor to make it reliable. All that was required was a little bending to make the light beam parallel. After the fix the mouse was really usable for DPaint & stuff.
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You know what is weird for the first time in ages I've set up my real Amiga and the biggest problem I have with it is the mouse, I have the Amiga mouse, the one with little amiga logo and red box as people have already posted and a original commodore mouse both feel pretty bad to control I think I have been spoiled with the lazer mouse I have on my PC, so was thinking if there ever was a optical mouse available for the Amiga.
But I might get this cocoline (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=49&products_id=88) and the boing ball mouse, that will work right? still a bit pricy around £40 for every thing, I know I could get a cheaper mouse, but kind of like the boing ball mouse and support the last great amiga dealer. hem, need to check bank balance...
PS:Completly off topic, What the best way/cable to hock up an A1200 to a monitor, I'm currently using just the yellow video port and it bad image, However my new monitor is a Dell 24 inch (2408) So I dont know if the monitor is too good for the Amiga, because I never really noticed the image as bad before, the monitor supports, VGA, S-Video, Composite, HDMi, Dvi etc and where can I get it from, cant seem to find anything on amigakit.
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hmmm maybe I should just get the cocolino and call it a day. I'm sure I still have a PS2 mouse around here somewhere...