[Coco] Color Computer Mouse Question

[Bob Devries]

Alex,

You're wrong about that.

I just opened the coco mouse here on my desk, and it has two potentiometers 
and a button, and absolutely no electronics apart from a PCB which connects 
it all together. The potentiometers measure ~45K ohms.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore (Alex) Evans" <alxevans at concentric.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Color Computer Mouse Question


> On 10/27/2013 08:19 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>> I've never used the mouse that Radio Shack sold for the Color Computer. 
>> Did it have incremental encoders like every other mouse I've ever used, 
>> or did the ball turn two potentiometers like a CoCo joystick?
>>
>> A couple of new-in-box mice appeared on eBay a few weeks ago, but I was 
>> outbid on both of them. I see a dirty-looking one there for $60 at the 
>> moment, but that price seems pretty silly to me. I have Deskmate for the 
>> CoCo, and I'm wondering whether a mouse would do anything that a regular 
>> joystick wouldn't.
>
> The Radio shack mouse used incremental encoders internally, but produced 
> an output that simulated two potentiometers the same way as the Wico 
> trackball controller for the CoCo operates.
>
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