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Offline AndyFCTopic starter

Mouse cable breaking
« on: June 12, 2020, 09:27:48 PM »
My A1200 mouse (think it's the original, but it might be an Alfa Data Mega Mouse from about the same time) is starting to fail due to a broken wire (up/down stops working if the cable is in a specific position at the computer end). One option is for me to try and replace the cable (I can solder) but if this goes wrong, what is the best option?

I can see the Cocolino adapter (I have a spare PS/2 mouse) but will this work outside of Workbench (I see it needs a driver disk)? Alternatively I quite like the replacement mouse port from Centuriontech.eu which allows a USB mouse to go straight in (I have a revision 2B board).

It looks like new 'real' mice are in short supply at the moment and all the new options require an adapter.

Thanks in advance for the advice.
A1200 in DIY Tower. 3.2 ROMs (softkicking 3.2.3), OS 3.2.3, CF card, CD RW and IDE to SD adapter running off the internal IDE port (using the A4000 4-port IDE adapter from Amigakit), Pistorm 32 lite with Pi4/2GB/Emu68 or Blizzard 1230-IV, with 32MB 60ns RAM and 50MHz 68882 FPU.
MorphOS on PowerMac G5 and ATI 9600 pro
 

Offline AndyFCTopic starter

Re: Mouse cable breaking
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2020, 09:44:07 AM »
Thank you all. I'm going to try re-soldering first and then a Cocolino if I make a mess of it.
A1200 in DIY Tower. 3.2 ROMs (softkicking 3.2.3), OS 3.2.3, CF card, CD RW and IDE to SD adapter running off the internal IDE port (using the A4000 4-port IDE adapter from Amigakit), Pistorm 32 lite with Pi4/2GB/Emu68 or Blizzard 1230-IV, with 32MB 60ns RAM and 50MHz 68882 FPU.
MorphOS on PowerMac G5 and ATI 9600 pro