Author Topic: C= Model 1351 mouse and A500??? (Read 2617 times)

RW222 · « **on:** October 28, 2007, 10:49:31 PM »

Hi folks,

I've got this model 1351 mouse I picked up because I thought it was an Amiga mouse. So, daft question, is it a C=64 or 128 mouse? Does it work with an Amiga?

thanks,

RW222

fillosauru · « **Reply #1 on:** October 28, 2007, 11:08:14 PM »

It seems you have answered yourself. It is a C=64/128 mice.
It's probabilly not compatible with Amiga mice; reason:
The Amiga mouse it's a very simple device.
The 1351 mouse contains a specially designed integrated circuit.

Short answer: You risk blowing up one of the 8520 CIA if you hook up this mouse to a miggy.

Trev · « **Reply #2 on:** October 28, 2007, 11:14:08 PM »

Isn't the Amiga mouse digital? The 1351 operates in both analog and digital modes, but I gather that functionality is only relevant to the C64, since the singals are sent to the SID. In digital/joystick mode, the pinout is identical to an Amiga mouse except for pin 5, which is unused on the 1351.

On a C64 or C128, you set the mouse to joystick mode by holding down the right mouse button at power-on. That may or may not work on an A500. Someone with more electrical knowledge than me will have to speak to whether or not there's a risk of damage to either the 1351, the A500, or both.

EDIT

I'd heed fillosauru's advice.

Trev

jaseinblack · « **Reply #3 on:** October 28, 2007, 11:30:20 PM »

ISTR that the C64/128 mouse and the Amiga mouse are wired up differently, and so won't work, and may break a chip or two.

J

RW222 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:42:50 AM »

Thanks people, found another mouse, which was presumably an A500 one coz it didn't say 1351 on the bottom and worked. Must have 'em stashed all round the house, didn't find the motherlode of miggy stuff yet, but had an A500, found a stray PSU and a few disks.

That A500 appears to work, loads Octamed off disk, but haven't got anything on other disks out right now, couldn't do much with it. Plugged in the promigos HDD and it's glitchy, got a sofware error once trying to boot it, nothing much else happens, though I can see it in Octamed's file requester as D0H0: which it says is not a DOS disk.

Anyhoo, appear to have one working Amiga... now to find the others and some software...

RW222

LoadWB · « **Reply #5 on:** October 29, 2007, 04:23:07 AM »

The 1351 mouse reports its position to the computer (C64/128) using the POTX and POTY lines which are read by the SID. To determine position and movement, a program calculates the delta of each POT line allowing for jitter (which ISTR is quite minimal.) Whereas the Amiga mouse uses quadrature signaling over the joystick lines. I have never blown an Amiga by plugging the 1351 into it -- the Amiga just ignores it.

When the 1351 is in joystick mode, movements are translated to joystick presses in respective directions.

The rest of this is from fading memory, but IIRC the Amiga's right button drops one of the potentiometer lines low, whereas the 1351 drops one of the joystick lines low. The left button for both read as the joystick "fire" button, regardless of mode.

skurk · « **Reply #6 on:** October 29, 2007, 10:29:58 AM »

I'll trade you the 1351 for a brand new Amiga mouse

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