Post AlGzcH2bLPmA8jdJVQ by Stormgren@obsidianmoon.com
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(DIR) Post #AlGmvD7eq2u25KhJWi by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T20:31:47Z
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did anyone ever make a parallel port mouse?or do I need to spend a few hours building some bad hardware and hacking on the source of cutemouse?
(DIR) Post #AlGnqfsGc2fDlNtpho by nonnihil@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T20:42:51Z
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@foone yes I have a coworker who worked on these, but apparently there's some horrible windows driver gotcha that horks the latency unless you do weird magic knocks? I don't recall the details and am on vacation and can't check though.
(DIR) Post #AlGo2177z5GGp3G7yC by shac@ioc.exchange
2024-08-23T20:44:46Z
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@foone Wouldn’t that bring any machine to its knees?
(DIR) Post #AlGtXQjHIRq50ytyeO by synackpse@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T21:39:35Z
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@foone but but but…. That’s where the printer goes!!!!
(DIR) Post #AlGv7vDXWI7jx21MXo by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:47:05Z
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@synackpse NOT RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T
(DIR) Post #AlGvOwouoVspqScblw by ananas@mstdn.social
2024-08-23T21:47:26Z
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@foone non-hotpluggable PCI mouse pls
(DIR) Post #AlGvOyflvTl3agMKnY by ananas@mstdn.social
2024-08-23T21:48:08Z
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@foone (directly writes cursor position to memory shared by the driver)
(DIR) Post #AlGyO4n000NS8M09Ka by dtelder@mastodon.nu
2024-08-23T22:01:46Z
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@foone There are no longer any IR mice!
(DIR) Post #AlGzcH2bLPmA8jdJVQ by Stormgren@obsidianmoon.com
2024-08-23T22:14:08Z
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@foone I'd almost expect a SCSI mouse before I'd expect a parallel mouse. Saw plenty of serial, proprietary card, and PS/2 mice, but I don't think I ever saw a parallel port mouse.
(DIR) Post #AlHFiLFGDzuoBPTBKq by RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange
2024-08-24T01:56:48Z
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@foone but its not like you can have 32 parallel mice.oh wait, maybe I should say any more...
(DIR) Post #AlHHiUxMJnc2D6IaBM by freemo@qoto.org
2024-08-24T02:19:02Z
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@foone No, all the port mouses I know of have been tangential to each other.
(DIR) Post #AlHK8zCWgxT3Rx9R9U by uss_oatmeal@mstdn.party
2024-08-24T02:45:56Z
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@foone Impress me. Make us an IDE mouse.
(DIR) Post #AlHTNpKgZ0yom67Rj6 by ChartreuseK@social.restless.systems
2024-08-24T04:29:28Z
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@foone @synackpse that's why you can have up to 3 parallel ports!
(DIR) Post #AlILxGwPIrbE3q76oa by eppie@furries.club
2024-08-24T14:41:06Z
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@foone The world needs a parallel port mouse
(DIR) Post #AlIbC1rl8H7axlQzJo by ChuckMcManis@chaos.social
2024-08-24T17:31:57Z
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@foone As I recall that was called a "bus mouse" which brought out 2 quadrature lines for each ball sensor (4 wires) and two buttons lines (2 wires). Total of 6 lines. (presumably you could add another quadrature pair for a wheel but that hadn't happened yet). Again, VERY OLD neurons, this may have also been the 'track ball' standard from the minicomputer industry which had similar signalling.