From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31903 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2021 04:12:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Aug 2021 04:12:42 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2CDE09CADF; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 14:12:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 867E29CAA5; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 14:12:17 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="Nuc3F0z2"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5554A9CAA5; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 14:12:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f49.google.com (mail-ot1-f49.google.com [209.85.210.49]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D09019CAA4 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 14:12:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f49.google.com with SMTP id g5-20020a9d6b050000b02904f21e977c3eso3879654otp.5 for ; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:12:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xQs0WFIwFFn5dndp2ribaqzQ1Ik9xZdV6O2xfL0SEa8=; b=Nuc3F0z2mh5UqlWY1X8P8gcqvfrgLIiHFRV05ndoDf3r2QkPTrOTPPB4LXw4EE3rRX Kp0SYHCg/uJLq44o9WHKOlOUbrf4QBAeBC+faMTn88rYm6OFiHHkSh91jzIsJ9CSyXCy BlxD0HwUzYsgCQ2B2XXexdaJRXepyjjaATFUow/TKhT8ACKyizXMj7BmR8u3ZMfCY1FW oFdmjFP4QIb/bLo8j0jkNhUlIjASaAfoZuvD62RN8+nDnJ5ehhL47fFHuzp7JfHImMGm 0Z1WY8/BjioO2v/ndujOY99nK1yi39qZY08QdZClWgUChCLuz68FoVZjBnrqIRGYEJRR Q6cg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xQs0WFIwFFn5dndp2ribaqzQ1Ik9xZdV6O2xfL0SEa8=; b=oscF80M5Kj+/PO2N+Nk67Lo2f32wdnKlEFii8nobozYvBxiVY5VSgnb/HRoREH1GC8 x9pHs493iMdqki9wAE7YP6Ko8pwhdCEXYjpYXzh6o5TZ8Ft58FwaK3s9M2XCpBTm1hbZ O/R9BjFHku4tIf/m6W/4tY0SG3yLBbdoOyvDq52PzJBkO9lQAH04rGMRGK04+GlGXa8L 3682WtIFECdLd8dmDyC26iVmRKddM6MqrtLZiH0GrilXF54JShjji27PC9auWAJNqMGl +Ow+nsBXP4SpvEifJnraZ8VWYIEQnhrzd2+BuBRbLMKHsWTvKby/O5B11KUWYqQBA36b rodA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532QeG2hSEXJDBHekGNYJqS/Lp/tH9w4VZa9UNof+l37Ma5EbKpV ztrUruZV8rkPj86+vC2Ca8ZGs4J2opXv6fbaJV8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx/B91WqAFZIa2T6HYksdEoHesIqFWzTZmXGqCLrrQCqIO9iynToTI1wIuY8c5YJlnM99/gFJwkRHyufLwVunI= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:1be2:: with SMTP id k2mr2147183otb.285.1628136735160; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:12:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: ron minnich Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 21:12:04 -0700 Message-ID: To: John Floren Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [TUHS] Depraz/Logitech Digimouse manual X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: "tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org" Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" John, you can see that "stick a bird on it" -> "stick an arduino on it" -> "stick a pi on it" has gone as you once predicted :-) On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 8:59 PM John Floren wrote: > > =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original = Message =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 > On Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 at 6:12 PM, Henry Bent wrote: > > > On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 20:52, John Floren wrote: > > > > > Having just been given a Depraz mouse, I thought it would be fun to g= et it working on my modern computer. Since the DE9 connector is male rather= than female as you usually see with serial mice, and given its age, I spec= ulate that it might have a custom protocol; in any rate, plugging it into a= USB-serial converter and and firing up picocom has given me nothing. > > > > > > Does anyone have a copy of a manual for it, or more information on ho= w to interface with it? If I knew how it was wired and what the protocol lo= oked like, I expect I could make an adapter pretty trivially using a microc= ontroller. > > > > This might be of some help? > > > > https://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum/technical-support/vintage-computer-ha= rdware/74403-whitechapel-mg-1-depraz-mouse-grey-pinout#post904391 > > > > -Henry > > This looks great, thank you! > > john