NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/apple2/26247

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From: [e-mail] (Herbert Fung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Turbo mouse
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 23:50:43 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Previously [e-mail] (Matt Ackeret) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail]
>(Terry DeSmet) writes:
>>The Turbo mouse I was using with my GS is broken and I'd like to
>>replace it.  Does Kensington still make them for the GS, and does the
>>Mac version work on the GS at all?
>
>ADB is ADB is ADB..
>
>There isn't a Mac version of the trackballs and a GS version because
>both the Mac and GS use ADB.  It's sort of like how there aren't
>different external modems for different computers..  All of the
>computers talk to the modem in the same way, so you don't need a
>different version of the modem for each computer.
>
>That's not trying to be condescending, I'm just trying to point
>something out.  In fact, I bought a Turbo Mouse used a few months ago
>and on the box they mention the GS along with the Macs in the list of
>computers it works on.

Speaking of modems, how about those ADB modems for Macs?

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