On 22/06/10 00:34, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 22:59 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 21 June 2010 20:16, John Matthews<jake...@sky.com> wrote: >> > >>> I cant remember having a computer that didnt use a mouse, >>> >> The first mouse I bought for a PC was a 3-button white serial one (see >> pic below) from CPC around 1993, but I certainly had used mice on >> non-PC computers like the BBC Micro way before that. >> > I remember my first mouse very well. It was an AMX Mouse for my Amstrad > CPC 464. I just found a copy of the manual in French online and here are > the installation instructions (worth a read to see how lucky we are > these days!): > > The installation of the mouse if incredibly simple. You just have to > strictly follow the instructions below: > 1. Switch off the monitor and disconnect it from the power socket. > 2. Unplug the 5V cable that links the monitor to the computer. > 3. Plus the AMX Mouse interface in the joystick port, which is > located at the back of the Amstrad microcomputer. It is the > 9-pin connector in the shape of a "D" (on the left on the > CPC6128). > 4. Connect the power cord of the interface to the power socket (5V) > of the Amstrad microcomputer. This is the wire that ends with a > plug similar to the one of the Amstrad's power cable. > 5. Connect the AMX Mouse to the interface using the 20-pin IDC > connector. This connector is polarised and ensures that the > mouse can only be connected one way. > 6. Plug the power cable of the Amstrad microcomputer in the socket > on the power cable of the interface. > 7. Reconnect to main power and switch the computer on. > > And once you'd done all this correctly, you had a working mouse. Of > course, none of the software available for the Amstrad supported a mouse > so the AMX mouse also came with a dedicated drawing package (4 colours: > black, white and 2 extra colours to choose from a palette of 27: > standard Amstrad video mode 1) > > Sorry about this digression, I ended up down memory lane when reading > Popey's post :-) > > Bruno > > > >
No, please dont apologise, I actually find it fascinating reading about things like that. Thank you. John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
