[rescue] Quick/Easy way to test Sun mice?

[Dan Moisa]

Looks like it's just a serial device, so presumably you can just make a
small test harness and hook it up to a regular serial port?

http://www.telltronics.org/hardware/SunMouse.html

This would also indicate that they can be hot-swapped, I can try it here on
a non-critical machine.

Dan.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 4:57 PM Steve Hatle <shatle at nfldinet.com> wrote:

> I got a pile of Sun mice (both roller and optical) from a friend who
> picked them up in a deal and wants me to test them for him.
>
> Is there a quick and easy way to test functionality (x,y movement,
> button presses) without having to shut down and restart a machine into
> X/CDE?
>
> Are Sun mice hot swappable? I can't find any reference either for or
> against. Don't really want to try it out on any of my machines if the
> answer is "NO!"
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